Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said there were 2 options for me:-

1) I get corrupted and get my family into Forbes list of richest people in the world and leave my people with nothing; or
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2) I serve my country, my people and let my country be in the list of top / best economies in the world.

Lee Kuan Yew choose the second option.

Malaysian politicians said "There were 2 options for us too but the second option was taken by the Singapore Prime Minister....So we don't have any other choice"