I think Lee Kuan Yew's head would had been cut off during the
1969 racial riots.
On May 13, 1969, riots against the Chinese began
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was considered the worst racial riot
in Malaysian history. Many Malaysian Chinese fled to Singapore for
protection.
We were told the rivers ran red in Malaysia with
Chinese blood.
One of my European friends married to a Chinese
described how she and others hid in a hospital for protection and
how the Malay Chinese were running everywhere from the hordes of
attacking Malays.
My husband ultimately moved to Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia in the mid-1970's and his secretary, of Chinese descent,
described how she came home during the riots to find her husband's
head in her refrigerator.
http://www.counterpunch.org/gray05262007.html