Amos Yee to be interviewed by police for offensive remarks

SINGAPORE — The police said officers will interview teenage blogger Amos Yee “upon his return to Singapore”, in connection with investigations into religiously offensive remarks made online.

Yee, 17, was to have shown up at Jurong Police Division on Dec 14 to assist with investigations, but he failed to do so.

In a blog post last month, Yee had responded to remarks supposedly made by former Nominated Member of Parliament Calvin Cheng and made references to Islam.

The police said in response to media queries that Yee is not prohibited from travelling overseas.

The teenager has posted multiple times on social media since the police issued a statement last Saturday that reports have been lodged against a 17-year-old male Singaporean for making offensive remarks about religion online.

Yee acknowledged being the person in question and posted an image of the letter from the police asking him to show up at the police station to state what he knew about the latest case. He also described the police arriving at his home and said yesterday that he had run away from home.

Yee was convicted this year of wounding the religious feelings of Christians and for posting an obscene image online.

He was sentenced to four weeks’ jail and his appeal was dismissed by the court. NEO CHAI CHIN