article_snippet: The founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew faced criticism, though, for using tough tactics to consolidate power.
article_snippet: The founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew jailed some political rivals without trial for decades and brought defamation lawsuits against journalists and opposition politicians, which had a chilling effect on dissent. '
article_snippet: I had to do some nasty things, locking fellows up without trial,' The founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew said in an interview with The New York Times published in September 2010. '
article_snippet: The Japanese demanded total obedience, and got total obedience from nearly all,' The founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew wrote in The founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew memoirs. '
article_snippet: But the Malay leadership asked Singapore to leave after two years because of ideological differences.
article_snippet: The founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew outlawed the sale of chewing gum, promoted English and Mandarin while banning other Chinese dialects from public schools, radio and TV.
article_snippet: The founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew also enforced ethnic integration by controlling the makeup of public apartment buildings, where 80 percent of the population lives.
article_snippet: The founding father of modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew also cracked down on organized crime and imposed harsh penalties for minor infractions, a policy that has helped Singapore maintain one of the world's lowest violent crime rates.