Amos Yee files appeal against conviction and sentence
SINGAPORE — Teenage blogger Amos Yee, who received a four-week jail term earlier this month for posting an obscene image online and posting content intended to hurt the religious feelings of Christians, has filed an appeal against his conviction and the sentence.
Amos Yee leaving the State Court with his parents after being sentenced. TODAY file photo
SINGAPORE — Teenage blogger Amos Yee, who received a four-week jail term earlier this month for posting an obscene image online and posting content intended to hurt the religious feelings of Christians, has filed an appeal against his conviction and the sentence.
His lawyer Alfred Dodwell filed the notice of appeal with the High Court on July 9. With the notice filed, District Judge Jasvender Kaur will issue her grounds of decision, after which a petition of appeal must be filed.
Amos, 16, was convicted on May 12 and was sentenced on July 6. His jail term was backdated to June 2, when he was already in remand.
The case has attracted national and international interest, with some human rights groups questioning the need for court action.
DJ Kaur had said in sentencing Amos that although his offences were “not the most serious offences, they are not trivial ones”.
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