Ka cika wannan magana: Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II, an naɗa Lee a cikin kwamitocin da aka ba su aikin sake gina tattalin arzikin Malayan, wanda ya sha wahala a lokacin mamayar Jafananci. Lokacin da dokar ta baci da aka kafa ta Birtaniya a 1948 a mayar da martani ga
'yan tawayen kwaminisanci, an nada shi a Majalisar Shawara ta Tarayyar Malayan, Majalisar Dokoki ta Tarayya da Majalisar Zartarwa ta Tarayya.