US to implement green card norms Family will: S’pore PM’s kin guilty of misconduct

Washington, Feb. 23: The United States on Monday will begin enforcing a regulation that could deny green cards or legal permanent residency to legal immigrants who seek public benefits like food stamps.

The move might affect a number of Indians who are on H-1B visas and are in long ques to get permanent legal residency. The decision follows the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday which lifted the final remaining injunction on the ‘public charge’ rule. “As a result, the Department of Homeland Security will be able to implement its regulation on Monday,” said White House Press Secretary

Stephanie Grisham.

“This final rule will protect hardworking American taxpayers, safeguard welfare programs for truly needy Americans, reduce the Federal deficit, and reestablish the fundamental legal principle that newcomers to our society should be financially self-reliant and not dependent on the largesse of United States taxpayers,” Grisham said.

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Singapore, Feb. 23: The daughter-in-law of Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has been found guilty by a disciplinary tribunal here of grossly improper professional conduct in her handling of the last will of the late leader.

Lee Suet Fern, who is also the sister-in-law of Singapore’s current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, handled the will relating to the property that has become a bitter cause of dispute in the Lee family. Her actions were of sufficient gravity and the matter will be referred to the Court of Three Judges, the highest

Lee Suet Fern

disciplinary body to deal with lawyers misconduct, The Sunday Times reported.

If found guilty, Mrs Lee, 61, who is a prominent advocate and the wife of the late leader’s younger son Lee Hsien Yang, could face a fine, suspension or could be disbarred as a lawyer. The two-man tribunal appointed by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon described Mrs Lee as a “deceitful witness, who tailored her evidence to portray herself as an innocent victim who had been maligned”.

This was a “facade”, the tribunal said. “Before us, she lied or became evasive whenever she thought it was to her benefit to lie or evade,” the Singaporean daily quoted the Tribunal as saying.

The tribunal in its 206page report released last week noted that Mr Lee Hsien Yang''s conduct was “equally deceitful”. —PTI

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