A video of a Lee Kuan Yew lookalike went viral on social media and WhatsApp messenger after many thought they were once again seeing Singapore’s founding Prime Minister in the flesh.
The eight-second clip showed a man resembling the late Mr Lee having a meal at a coffee shop. Clad in a singlet and pants, and sporting a similar hairstyle to his doppelgänger, the elderly man seemed unaware of the video being taken.
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Within a short while, after it was posted, netizens had a field day in the comments section.
Many netizens also quoted Mr Lee, who said in 1988: “And even from my sickbed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel that something is going wrong, I will get up.”
Here’s what they said:
