Amos Yee to be charged over online posts allegedly promoting racial disharmony, making indecent statements about children
Police said that they received several reports between April and July this year concerning online content published by Yee, with the content found to be "alarming and racially divisive".
Amos Yee will be charged on August 26 over "alarming and racially divisive" online content he allegedly published. The police received multiple reports between April and July this year concerning Yee's posts. Yee, 27, made two posts on his blog in April and uploaded a video on X in May, where he claimed the Malay-Muslim and Indian communities in Singapore faced heavy discrimination from the Chinese majority.
Furthermore, in a blog post on June 30, Yee made statements about the government's treatment of these communities and suggested they should protest. He also made indecent communications in three videos uploaded in 2021, advocating for the abolition of laws governing consent for children and the sexual relationship involving children.
Promoting racial disharmony can result in up to three years in prison, a fine, or both. Making indecent communications likely to cause alarm can lead to a fine of up to S$5,000. The police also issued an Online Criminal Harms Act disabling direction on August 18, and Yee has been directed to remove offensive content from his blog.
Yee is also facing charges for dodging National Service obligations and leaving Singapore without valid exit permits.
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