Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said Tuesday that he is now a “political refugee” after the U.K. government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.

The brother of former Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong says the UK has assessed he faces ‘a well-founded risk of persecution’.

Lee Hsien Yang said on Tuesday that the UK government granted him asylum from what he described as “persecution” at home. Lee and his sister Lee Wei Ling, who died on October