Amos Yee
Net Worth 2024, Height, Wiki, Age, Bio

 Amos Yee facts

• In late March 2015, shortly after the death of former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, Yee uploaded a video on YouTube criticising Lee
• In the video Yee compared Lee to Jesus, and cast both in an unfavorable light
• Yee also uploaded to his blog an image depicting Lee and Margaret Thatcher engaged in anal sex
• Yee was arrested and charged with "intention of wounding the religious feelings of Christians", obscenity, and "threatening, abusive or insulting communication
• " The first two charges fall under the Singapore Penal Code
• The third charge, later stood down, was a response to the video's criticism of Lee and falls under the Protection from Harassment Act
• Yee's trial, which took place on 7 to 8 May 2015, attracted much public interest
• The court found Yee guilty on 12 May 2015, and sentenced him to four weeks in jail
• Sentencing was backdated to include 53 days served in remand, and so Yee was freed immediately following the trial
• Yee filed an appeal against both the court conviction and sentence on 9 July 2015