Father-Son Feud Plunges Singapore’s Richest Clan Into Crisis (2)

An alleged boardroom coup attempt, a lawsuit between a family patriarch and his son, and accusations of corporate governance lapses — even by the standards of Asian succession drama, the family feud raging at Singapore’s Kwek dynasty stands out.

City Developments Ltd., the financial hub’s biggest listed developer, plunged into crisis Wednesday when its billionaire Chairman Kwek Leng Beng, 84, accused his son, the firm’s chief executive officer, of orchestrating a boardroom coup. He and CDL filed a lawsuit against the younger Kwek.

Kwek Leng Beng

Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg

At stake is control of a major slice of an $18 billion family empire ...