SM Lee Hsien Loong & Ho Ching attend Lee Wei Ling’s wake in Lavender

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching paid their respects to the late Lee Wei Ling at her wake at Singapore Casket in Lavender on Oct. 10 night.

Both of them were dressed in white tops.

SM Lee and Ho arrived at around 8:24pm and left at around 8:40pm.

In an Oct. 9 Facebook post, SM Lee and Lee Wei Ling's younger brother, Lee Hsien Yang, shared that the wake will be held at the Pearl and Sapphire Hall of the Singapore Casket from Oct. 10 (Thursday) to Oct. 12 (Saturday).

Lee Hsien Yang added that his elder sister "wanted a simple, private send-off" and "respects could be paid on a strict queue basis for everyone" in a follow-up Facebook post.

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Background

On Oct. 9 morning (Singapore time), Lee Hsien Yang announced in a Facebook post that Lee Wei Ling had passed away at the age of 69.

Earlier in 2020, Lee Wei Ling revealed that she was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, which symptoms included difficulty in swallowing, choking aspiration, and pneumonia.

In a Facebook post mourning his sister's passing, SM Lee said Lee Wei Ling was "a fighter" who was "fiercely loyal to friends", "sympathised instinctively with the underdog", and "would mobilise actively to do something when she saw unfairness".

"I will deeply miss Ling," he wrote.

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