Mr lee kuan yew, the former prime minister who had served from 1959. In an eightminute video titled lee kuan yew is finally dead. Singaporean teenager amos yee faces court, charged over antilee kuan yew youtube video. Teen video blogger amos yees trial on charges of disparaging christians is. Thenprime minister goh and lee kuan yew sued chee for defamation in. Teenage blogger sentenced to jail time global legal. When teenager amos yee posted a video online criticizing the late prime. In his statement, he stated that amos video made insensitive comments against the late mr lee kuan yew as well as against the christian faith.
Singaporean teenager faces court over antilee kuan yew video. Amos yee arrested over antilee kuan yew video watch what. Singapore the 17yearold teenager who made insensitive remarks about christianity in a youtube video against mr lee kuan yew was arrested on sunday read more at. Amos yee agrees to make his video on lee kuan yew private the. Lees political decisions and blatantly declared that he was happy to hear of the founding fathers demise. Yee absorbed the news differently, posting a video on youtube titled lee kuan yew is finally dead. Singapore news teenage blogger amos yee pang sang was given new bail conditions during his pretrial conference on friday april 17. Is anyone able to photoshop a picture of margaret thatcher making out with lee kuan yew. Amos yee is evidence authoritarianism is alive and well. Teen youtube rant tests singapores censorship limits wsj. Amos yee, 16, smiled and fidgeted as his charges were read to him in a district court.
Besides using a string of profanities, amos made slanderous remarks about the late mr. Singapore teen behind antilee video found guilty bbc. Lee kuan yew on an eightminute youtube video that went viral. Youtube screengrab as reported by the straits times, 17yearold singaporean, amos yee, made insensitive remarks about christianity and about mr. Suppression of free expression and assembly in singapore hrw. Amos yee arrested over antilee kuan yew video watch. Singapore police arrest teenager behind antilee kuan yew video.
The lewd antilee kuan yew video that got a singaporean teenage blogger jailed. Mar 29, 2015 a police report has been filed against a video that a 17yearold amos yee has put up on youtube, yahoo singapore has learned. The straits times contacted law for a reaction to yees first post that day, and quoted the former as saying, i deny the very serious and false allegations that he. Amos yee, 17, appearing in a video on christianity cited by prosecutors in. Singaporean teenager amos yee faces court, charged over anti lee kuan yew youtube video. A third charge of harassment over his antilee comments made in a youtube video titled lee kuan yew is finally dead was dropped. Mar 29, 2015 to learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize. Police arrest amos yee over antilee kuan yew video. The teenage defendant, amos yee, pleaded guilty to six charges of deliberately posting. Amos yee pang sang is a singaporean blogger, former youtube personality and former child actor. Amos yee has been arrested by singaporean police after the 16yearold posted a youtube video criticising the dead dictator lee kuan yew. In the video, yee compared lee to jesus, and cast both in what was considered an obscene and disrespectful light.
May 12, 2015 a singapore court finds 16yearold amos yee guilty of wounding religious feelings in a video critical of late pm lee kuan yew. The singaporean, amos yee, 18, is a former child actor turned prominent. A police report has been filed against a video that a 17yearold amos yee has put up on youtube, yahoo singapore has learned. This is a reloaded amos yee rant of his dislike for the late singapore minister lee kuan yew. Singapore state funeral for former leader lee kuan yew. A singapore court finds 16yearold amos yee guilty of wounding religious feelings in a video critical of late pm lee kuan yew. Amos yee, who made insensitive remarks on christianity in. Singaporean teen amos yee remanded in custody again in antilee kuan yew youtube video case. In the video, yee celebrated singapores founding prime ministers death, and also challenged prime minister lee hsien loong to sue him. Mar 29, 2015 in the eightminute long video titled lee kuan yew is finally dead. In an eightminute video titled lee kuan yew is finally dead, amos yee launched a scathing attack on the 91yearold political patriarch who was cremated after a state funeral sunday. A now 17yearold amos yee made insensitive remarks about christianity in a youtube video against mr lee kuan yew.
Singapore jails teenager youtube blogger for insulting christians. On a video he posted to youtube last week, the former child actor jack neos we not naughty amos yee went on a tirade against the late lee kuan yew and challenged his son, prime minister lee hsien loong, to sue him. As reported by the straits times, 17yearold singaporean, amos yee, made insensitive remarks about christianity and about mr. Singapore teen in court over antilee kuan yew video. In the eightminute long video titled lee kuan yew is finally dead.
Free software sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom. One speech more than any other was crucial in bringing umno leaders round to the idea that malaysia should get rid of singapore and mr lee kuan yew with it. Mar 31, 2015 singaporean teenager amos yee faces court, charged over antilee kuan yew youtube video. Lee kuan yew on an eightminute youtube video that went viral last week. This was the speech that changed history, former cabinet minister lim kim san said in his tribute to. The late lee kuan yew passed away on monday 23rd march at 91 years old. To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize. This was the speech that changed history, former cabinet minister lim kim san said in his tribute to mr lee at his 75th birthday dinner celebrations on wednesday. In late march 2015, shortly after the death of the first prime minister of singapore, lee kuan yew, yee uploaded a video on youtube criticizing lee. The lewd antilee kuan yew video that got a singaporean. This is amos yees full video on mr lee kuan yews death watch the reuploaded version. Amos yee was held by police on sunday after at least 20 police reports were lodged against him, according to the straits times. The teenager was imprisoned for four weeks, and released after the trial.