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The boy who criticised Lee Kuan Yew

Published: 13 May 2015 - 10:30 am | Last Updated: 14 Jan 2022 - 06:33 pm

 

 
 

Singapore--Amos Yee (right) has drawn mixed reactions from Singaporeans
Dressed in a black T-shirt and khaki shorts, Amos Yee cut an unassuming figure when he showed up at the Singapore State Courts on 17 April.
The 16-year-old was facing serious criminal charges - some of which he would be convicted of on 12 May. They were of wounding religious feelings, harassment and posting obscenities. But the teenager breezed past reporters, munching a banana.
This is Amos, the enfant terrible who has fascinated and infuriated Singaporeans ever since he was arrested in March over a Youtube video.
To his mother, he is just "different", a child born in the wrong place. But to many others he is seen as the boy who dared to insult Lee Kuan Yew.

BBC