September 05, 2011
SINGAPORE's outspoken former leader Lee Kuan Yew has denied calling Islam a "venomous religion" after leaked US diplomatic cables set off a furore in the multiracial city-state.More on the denial at "The Australian"
One of hundreds of cables from the US embassy in Singapore released last week by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks had Lee as describing Islam as a "venomous religion" in a 2005 meeting with then senator Hillary Clinton.
"This is false," the 87-year-old Lee, Singapore's founding prime minister and elder statesman, said in a statement.
