Lee Kuan Yew's views It seems this wise old man (Lee Kuan Yew) gave his opinion during the recent launching of his volume two memoirs, stating that it is dead wrong to bring Soeharto to court. As a simple man in the street I get confused because standards of law are different if it comes to (ex) high ranking people: First Lady Thatcher, fought for Pinochet when he was detained in England to be extradited to Spain, like Lee, citing Pinochet's merits during the Falkland war with Argentina etc.