Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong apologised yesterday that a dispute with his siblings over their late father Lee Kuan Yew's will has had an impact on citizens' confidence in the government.

The feud between the children of Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, over the future of the family home erupted publicly last week in a flurry of accusations and denials through press releases and Facebook postings, which also touched on Hsien Loong's leadership.

The prime minister's brother, Lee Hsien Yang, and sister, Lee Wei Ling, said they had lost confidence in their older brother as a leader and feared that state power would be used against them in their dispute with him...