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LKY was paranoid. Nobody threatened sinkie. In fact, sinkie was kicked out. If sinkie remained, malays would have lost it's last bastion on the planet to a bunch of cooliesAfter Singapore became independent, the British army decided to withdraw all its troops from Singapore. Its security situation was challenging, hence the first generation of leaders, with Lee as the core, attached great importance to developing national defense.