yet to rule on second charge
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By Amir Hussain And Olivia Ho
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SINGAPORE - Teenage blogger Amos Yee Pang Sang was found guilty of uploading an obscene image, the court said on Tuesday.
The court is still deciding on the second charge of*making remarks intending to hurt the feelings of Christians.
The verdict will be delivered on Tuesday.
Yee did not take the stand during his trial. His lawyer, Mr Alfred Dodwell, said there was no need for Yee to testify, having already explained himself in his police statements. No other witnesses took the stand.
Yee was charged in court on March 31, four days after uploading a video criticising Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding prime minister who died just over a week before.
A day after Yee put up the video, he uploaded an image illustrating two people having sex, on which he superimposed the faces of Mr Lee and former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
The prosecution had urged the court to convict Yee on both charges, calling it a "simple" case.
But defence lawyers said the image was not obscene, and the remarks Yee made in the video were not aimed at hurting the feelings of Christians.
The teenager has been remanded in Changi Prison since April 30, as he did not want to comply with conditions attached to his $30,000 bail that prevent him from posting anything online.
At a bail review hearing last Wednesday, a day before his trial, Yee's lawyer Mr Dodwell said these conditions amounted to a gag order and infringed on his client's constitutional right to freedom of speech.
