Anti-Lee teen walks free after jail

AFP, SINGAPORE: The Singa­porean teenager behind online attacks on former premier Lee Kuan Yew was given a four-week jail term yesterday but freed in view of time served since being accused of offending Christians and posting an obscene image.
Amos Yee, 16, was jailed for three weeks for wounding religious feelings in an expletive-laden YouTube video comparing Lee Kuan Yew to Jesus, which was posted after the independence leader's death in March.
He also received a one-week jail term for posting an obscene drawing of Lee and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
District Court judge Jasvender Kaur backdated the sentence to June 2, when Yee was already in remand, saying the offences "were not serious in nature but not trivial either".

Anti-Lee teen walks free after jail

AFP, SINGAPORE: The Singaporean teenager behind online attacks on former premier Lee Kuan Yew was given a four-week jail term yesterday but freed in view of time served since being accused of offending Christians and posting an obscene image. Amos Yee, 16, was jailed for three weeks for wounding religious feelings in an expletive-laden YouTube video comparing Lee Kuan Yew to Jesus, which was posted after the independence leaders death in March. He also received a one-week jail term for posting an obscene drawing of Lee and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. District Court judge Jasvender Kaur backdated the sentence to June 2, when Yee was already in remand, saying the offences were not serious in nature but not trivial either.