The younger brother of Dr Lee Wei Ling said he will not be returning to Singapore for her wake and funeral. Instead, Mr Lee Hsien Yang said he is organising her funeral remotely as per the wishes of Dr Lee,

Dr Lee Wei Ling, the daughter of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, has died at the age of 69, four years after she was diagnosed with a rare, degenerative brain disease. Her death was disclosed by her younger brother Lee Hsien Yang,

SINGAPORE: The determination Dr Lee Wei Ling had from youth took her through life, said President Tharman Shanmugaratnam in a tribute to Dr Lee, who died at the age of 69.

Following the announcement of Dr Lee Wei Ling's death on Wednesday (Oct 9), former patients took to social media to express their condolences to her family and thank her for helping them. Dr Lee was a paediatric neurologist specialising in epilepsy,

Her patients were her preoccupation during a career of 40 years as a medical doctor. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong sent his condolences to the Lee family, and described Dr Lee, who died aged 69, as "unswerving in her focus on patient welfare and medical ethics".