In the Amos Yee video YouTube case, a 16-year-old blogger was accused of slandering deceased former Singapore founder and PM Lee Kuan Yew, and was granted bail set at $14,500.
Yee is facing charges for posting an expletive laden video on YouTube defaming the former prime minister of Singapore. He also drew attention from the Christian community after labeling both PM Yew and Jesus Christ as "power hungry."
The Amos Yee video YouTube blogger will face charges as an adult. The blogger and avid YouTuber agreed not to post on the Internet during the trial. However, he has broken the pledge by making a number of comments regarding the Amos Yee video YouTube trial and charges against him on Facebook, reported Mothership.sg.
Yee also uploaded two blog posts on Facebook. The first was "My Abusive Father," in which Yee accuses his father of slamming his head against the floor not wearing formal clothes to the courtroom. Yee had opted to wear pyjamas during the session with the judge.
A second blog post titled," The Ridiculous Terms of My Bail," discussed Yee's bail terms. A Christian Singaporean filed a petition, requesting Yee's release.
Mothership.org reported, "Prior to sharing the two blog posts, Yee had first changed his Facebook Page's display picture, which was then followed by a stream of 10 updates, including sharing the two blog posts."
Yee's Facebook post then "questioned why he was ordered to make his YouTube video private, even though he was not found guilty." The teen also questioned if a person who "slapped" him outside the courtroom would be charged in the Amos Yee video YouTube trial..
Yee went on to cleared a confusion about the Chinese characters in his name mistakenly announced by a local news channel. He said his name was used to call a corniferous tree that was "decay-resistant," highlighting his self-will and determination in the face of adversity.
The popular blogger was the only person arrested for criticising Lee Kuan Yew in the Amos Yee video YouTube incident. Others who expressed criticism of the founder of Singapore included a poet and a human rights activists and a prominent poet.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a media rights group noted that the Amos Yee arrest "highlights the restrictive environment in which Singaporean journalists are forced to work".
CPJ's Asia spokesman Bob Dietz told reporters, "We call on authorities to release Amos Yee immediately and to undertake reform of Singapore's outdated laws restricting the media."
