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Amos Yee's long remand was lawful, says his lawyer
Singapore teenage blogger Amos Yee (center) is surrounded by members of the media after walking out from the state court in Singapore on July 6, 2015. PHOTO: AFP
Published Aug 16, 2015, 5:00 am SGT
The lawyer who represented controversial blogger Amos Yee said yesterday that the 16-year-old's lengthy stay in remand was in accordance with the law.
Mr Alfred Dodwell was speaking at a discussion on the Singapore Constitution and due process, which was organised by Singapore Management University's Constitutional Law and Criminal Justice Club as part of its annual Criminal Justice Conference. He was asked by a participant whether a person charged with a non-violent crime, and who was unlikely to abscond, should be kept in remand.
Amos spent about 50 days in remand before being sentenced to four weeks' jail. He was released the day he was sentenced after the punishment was backdated to include his time in remand.
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Before that, he was bailed out twice, at $20,000 each time, but breached his bail conditions. When he was bailed out again at $10,000, he missed an interview with a probation officer.
Mr Dodwell said: "No one was interested in seeing Amos in remand and that is the truth... What transpired was, whether we agree with the bail conditions or not, they stand and, unless you challenge them and set them aside, which we tried, they remain the conditions he has to abide by and he breached them. Because of that, nobody came forward (to be his bailor) so he had to spend time in remand."
He added that after he and other lawyers started representing Mr Yee, "the prosecution, prison authorities and police were very cooperative to fast-track us to be able to see Amos.
"(Later) we asked the court to bend over backwards, essentially to give us an expedited trial, and they all assisted us... What transpired was due process at work."
The discussion, as well as another on punishment and sentencing, had topics such as the rights of the accused, including the right to counsel within a reasonable time.
High Court dismisses teen blogger Amos Yee's appeal against conviction and sentence
Amos Yee has failed in an appeal against his sentence and conviction. PHOTO: ST FILE
Published Oct 8, 2015, 12:25 pm SGT
Selina Lum
Lee Min Kok
SINGAPORE - Blogger Amos Yee's appeal against his conviction and jail sentence was dismissed by the High Court on Thursday (Oct 8).
Yee, who had filed a notice of appeal through his lawyer Alfred Dodwell on July 9, was not present during the hearing.
The 16-year-old was found guilty on May 12 - after a two-day trial - of intending to wound the religious feelings of Christians in a video, as well as of uploading an obscene image onto his blog.
He was sentenced to four weeks' jail on July 6, but walked free on the same day after his sentence was backdated from June 2.
In all, Yee spent more than 50 days in remand - including stints in Changi Prison and the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) to undergo a psychiatric assessment.
Justice Tay Yong Kwang said that throughout the proceedings, Yee had demonstrated an attitude of complete disregard for others that was hardly ever seen.
He noted that besides using a four-letter word in his police statement, Yee also openly defied the directions of the court and made sure that people on the Internet knew of his bravado.
"He (Yee) gave no respect to anyone - the police, the court and someone who had just passed away," said Justice Tay.
Yee had criticised the late founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew in his video.
"All these were done in the noble disguise of freedom of speech. Yee's deliberate use of vulgarities and crude language to provoke reactions seems like someone throwing stones at the windows of a neighbour's house to force them to notice him and force them to come out to quarrel or fight.
"This doesn't sound like freedom of speech at all."
Justice Tay surmised that it would be wrong to focus on Yee's age and downplay what he had said and done.
"Mr Yee, in my opinion, is obviously not a person without talent. He has a command of the English language which could be put to good use," he said.
"I hope that Mr Yee will wean himself from his preference for crude language. I think real debate and rational discussions of social issues can flourish in an environment of goodwill and civil language."
Singaporean, 17, believed to be blogger Amos Yee, investigated for allegedly offensive religious remarks
Blogger Amos Yee arriving at the State Courts on May 27. PHOTO: ST FILE
Published Dec 12, 2015, 12:10 pm SGT
Lee Min Kok
Lester Hio
SINGAPORE - A 17-year-old Singaporean is being investigated by the police for allegedly making religiously offensive remarks online.
In a statement on Saturday (Dec 12), the Singapore Police Force said that reports had been lodged against the youth, in connection to those remarks.
The Straits Times understands that the person in question is teen blogger Amos Yee.
Yee was convicted on May 12 and found guilty of wounding the feelings of Christians in a video as well as uploading an obscene image onto his blog.
He had uploaded an expletive-laden video on March 27, four days after the death of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, where he compared the founding Prime Minister to Jesus Christ, describing both as "power hungry and malicious".
He later also posted an image on his blog, in which the faces of Mr Lee and former British premier Margaret Thatcher were superimposed on a line drawing of two people engaging in a sex act.
He spent about 50 days in remand as he breached his bail conditions on three occasions. He was sentenced on July 6 to four weeks' jail, where he was released the day he was sentenced after the punishment was backdated to include his time in remand.
Since then, he has uploaded several posts on his blog over the past four months.
In one of his latest posts on Nov 27, Amos uploaded a post on his personal blog which made reference to former Nominated MP Calvin Cheng and Islam.
Amos Yee arriving at the State Courts on May 27, 2015. PHOTO: ST FILE
Published Dec 13, 2015, 5:00 am SGT
Lester Hio
A 17-year-old male, believed to be teen blogger Amos Yee, is under investigation for allegedly making offensive remarks about religion online.
The police confirmed in a statement yesterday that police reports have been lodged against a male Singaporean, 17, in connection with certain "religiously offensive remarks" posted online.
Amos first drew flak when he uploaded an expletive-laden video on March 27, four days after the death of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, when he compared the founding Prime Minister to Jesus Christ, saying that they were both as "power hungry and malicious".
He later posted an obscene image on his blog, featuring the faces of Mr Lee and former British premier Margaret Thatcher.
Amos was convicted on May 12 and found guilty of wounding the feelings of Christians in a video as well as uploading an obscene image onto his blog.
He spent about 50 days in remand as he repeatedly breached his bail conditions.
Amos was sentenced on July 6 to four weeks' jail. But he was released on the day that he was sentenced as the punishment was backdated to include his time in remand.
Since then, he has uploaded several posts on his blog.
In one of his latest posts, on Nov 27, Amos made reference to Islam as he shared his thoughts about former Nominated MP Calvin Cheng, who had caused controversy by making comments online about killing the children of terrorists.
Amos Yee (left) seen walking to court on Thursday, May 26, 2016, with his mother Mary Toh behind him.ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
Published May 26, 2016, 11:25 am SGT
Amir Hussain
SINGAPORE - Teen blogger Amos Yee was back in court on Thursday (May 26), a year after he made the news for uploading an obscene image on his blog and for making remarks to hurt the feelings of Christians in a YouTube video.
This time, the 17-year-old faces six charges of intending to wound the feelings of Muslims and Christians, and two counts of failing to report to Jurong Police Division for investigations. The alleged offences were committed between November last year and earlier this month.
Yee, who did not have a lawyer, told District Judge Ronald Gwee that he intends to claim trial to all the charges.
A pre-trial conference has been fixed for next Monday.
Yee, who sported shoulder-length hair and was dressed in a khaki T-shirt and white trousers, was accompanied in court by his mother Mary Toh and Reform Party Secretary-General Kenneth Jeyaretnam.
The eight charges:
1. Uploading to Facebook a video which contained remarks against Islam around Nov 28 last year
2. Uploading to a blog a video which contained remarks against Islam around Dec 17 last year
3. Uploading to YouTube a video which contained gestures and remarks against Christianity around April 14
4. Uploading to Facebook a photo of him showing his middle finger to a copy of the Quran around April 17
5. Uploading to YouTube a video which contained gestures and remarks against Islam around May 8
6. Uploading to YouTube and Vimeo a video which contained gestures and remarks against Islam around May 19
7. Failing to report to Jurong Police Division at 9am on Dec 14 last year despite a police officer's notice to do so
8. Failing to report to Jurong Police Division at 9am on May 10 despite a Magistrate's order to do so
He is out on $5,000 bail.
After reports were lodged with police over online remarks he made last year, the police issued a notice in December ordering Yee to report for investigations at Jurong Police Division.
But Yee failed to do so. He left the country shortly after and remained overseas until last month.
When he returned, he was served with a Magistrate's order to report again at the police station, but did not comply.
He was arrested two weeks ago and bailed out of police custody by his mother the same day.
The maximum punishment for deliberately wounding the religious or racial feelings of any person is three years' jail and a fine.
The maximum punishment for failing to present oneself at a certain time and place pursuant to a notice or order from a public servant is one months' jail and a $1,500 fine.
Yee first came to the attention of the authorities when he uploaded an expletive-laden video on March 27 last year, four days after the death of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. He later also posted an obscene image on his blog.
He was convicted on May 12 last year and sentenced on July 6 to four weeks' jail. He was released the same day as the punishment was backdated to include his time in remand, as he had spent about 50 days in Changi Prison after repeatedly breaching bail conditions.
