Singapore: A 17-year-old blogger in Singapore was jailed on Thursday for six weeks and fined $1,465 for insulting Muslims and Christians.
Amos Yee, who had last year attacked Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to producing and uploading a photograph and two videos that were deliberately intended to insult Muslims. Last month, he pleaded guilty to three charges of wounding feelings of Muslims and Christians and two charges for failing to show up at a police station.
During his trial, the court heard that 24 police reports had been lodged against Yee, in relation to the total of six counts he faces for wounding religious feelings.
Yee left Singapore in December last year after being served a notice for attending a police interview two days later. He travelled to Hong Kong where he published several posts about being served the notice.
After he returned in April, the police served another notice on Yee. He tried to leave the country the day before the interview and was arrested on May 11. Principal District Judge Ong Hian Sun said Yee is not lacking the mental capacity to make rational choices but he has the capability to do good or harm with what he does or says.
