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<h3 style="margin-top:0;"><a style="font-weight: 500; font-size: 21px;line-height: 30px; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom: 10px;" href="http://u.osu.edu/mclc/2017/01/06/xis-anti-corruption-campaign-to-weed-out-rivals/" target="_blank">Xi’s anti-corruption campaign to weed out rivals</a></h3>
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<p>Source: SCMP (1/2/16)<br />
<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2058638/xis-anti-corruption-campaign-weed-out-rivals">Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign ‘to weed out rivals’, says Lee Kuan Yew’s daughter</a><br />
<em>Criticism made by outspoken sister of Singapore’s prime minister in a rare salvo against Beijing by Southeast Asian leaders or their families</em><br />
By Shi Jiangtao</p>
<p><img style="max-width:100%" class="lazyload-processed loaded" title="Lee Wei Ling’s comment on Facebook criticising President Xi’s anti-corruption campaign. Photo: SCMP Pictures" src="http://cdn2.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/980x551/public/images/methode/2017/01/02/08364da4-d035-11e6-96db-a1eec4097f76_1280x720.JPG?itok=DIv8ZVhU" alt="" data-enlarge="http://cdn4.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/980w/public/images/methode/2017/01/02/08364da4-d035-11e6-96db-a1eec4097f76_1280x720.JPG?itok=FlrqPtrP" data-caption="Lee Wei Ling’s comment on Facebook criticising President Xi’s anti-corruption campaign. Photo: SCMP Pictures" data-original="http://cdn2.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/980x551/public/images/methode/2017/01/02/08364da4-d035-11e6-96db-a1eec4097f76_1280x720.JPG?itok=DIv8ZVhU" data-ignore="true" /></p>
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<p class="v2-processed">The daughter of Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew appears to have weighed in on the debate over President Xi Jinping’s much touted anti-corruption campaign in China, describing it as “a game” designed to tighten his grip on power.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">“Xi is playing a game where he appears to weed out ‘corrupts’” while replacing them with “his own people”, said Dr Lee Wei Ling, a neurosurgeon and the younger sister of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on her Facebook account on January 1.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">She was commenting on a report by <em>The Guardian </em>newspaper, which cited mainland authorities as saying Beijing had recovered 2.3 billion yuan (HK2.56 billion) from losses to corruption and arrested 122 government officials who were on the run last year.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">Her criticism came as diplomatic and economic relations between Beijing and Singapore have been strained over a series of spats in recent weeks including territorial disputes in the South China Sea and <a href="http://www.scmp.com/topics/singapore-military-vehicle-seizure" shape="rect">the seizure of nine combat vehicles</a> by Hong Kong customs in November as they were shipped back to the city state from Taiwan.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">While Xi openly warns that the Communist Party’s legitimacy hinges on the fight against rampant official corruption, his critics have long argued the anti-graft drive he launched after taking office in late 2012 was largely aimed at tearing down or silencing his opponents.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">But it is rare for foreign dignitaries or their relatives, especially those in Beijing-friendly Southeast Asian nations, to openly rebuke top Chinese leaders.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">While her brother Lee Hsien Loong has been critical of Beijing’s assertiveness in pressing its claims in the South China Sea, he has seldom pointed the finger at Xi.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">Dr Lee grabbed the headlines early last year over a rare feud with her brother over the first anniversary of their father’s death.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">She accused the incumbent Singapore leader on her Facebook account of “abusing his power” by conducting elaborate anniversary events and trying to establish a political dynasty.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">“Lee Kuan Yew would have cringed at the hero worship just one year after his death,” she said.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">The family feud escalated in September when she lashed out at her brother for media censorship.</p>
<p class="v2-processed">She said the Singapore media dare not disobey her brother and sister-in-law Ho Ching.</p>
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by <a href="mailto:denton.2@osu.edu">denton.2@osu.edu</a> on January 6, 2017 </div>
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