Amos Yee to be charged over online posts allegedly promoting racial disharmony, making indecent statements about children

Amos Yee, a 27-year-old individual, will face charges on August 26th for allegedly posting content online that was found to be "alarming and racially divisive." The Singaporean police received multiple reports between April and July regarding Yee's online activities. On April 7 and April 11, Yee posted two messages on his blog, and he also uploaded a video on X on May 27, where he claimed that Singapore's Malay-Muslim and Indian communities faced discrimination at the hands of the Chinese majority.

Additionally, a post from June 30 claimed that Yee suggested children could consent to sexual acts and advocated for the abolition of laws regulating consent for such acts. Moreover, Yee allegedly made videos in 2021 advocating for sexual relationships involving children and the removal of laws prohibiting child sexual abuse material.

For these actions, Yee faces charges of knowingly attempting to promote racial disharmony between different racial groups, punishable by up to three years in prison, a fine, or both. Furthermore, he faces charges for making indecent communications that could cause alarm, which, under the Protection from Harassment Act, could result in a fine of up to S$5,000.

The police have also issued an Online Criminal Harms Act disabling direction to remove the video on X, and stop communication directions to remove Yee's offensive posts on his personal blog. Yee is already facing charges for evading National Service obligations, and his current case adds to his existing legal troubles.