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Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew Remains Critically Ill in Intensive Care

Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew Remains Critically Ill in Intensive Care

File Photo: Former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew waves to the audience during Singapore's 49th National Day Parade at the floating platform in Marina Bay on August 9, 2014. (Reuters)

Singapore:

Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, remains critically ill in intensive care, the prime minister's office said today.

The founding father of modern Singapore, Lee, who turned 91 last September, has been in hospital with severe pneumonia since February 5.

The Prime Minister's Office said on Wednesday he remained critically ill in intensive care and had deteriorated further.
 

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