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Singaporean Youtuber Amos Yee bails out by youth counselor

Xinhua, April 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

YouTuber Amos Yee, who posted an online video with offensive remarks on Christianity and Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, was bailed out on Tuesday by youth and family counselor Vincent Law after having been in remand since April 17.

At about 6:10 p.m., Yee was brought to the bail center accompanied by more than five officers. Youth and family counselor Vincent Law posted bail for him, saying he wanted to show he was not offended by Yee's posts as a Christian and he is a parent as well.

Law, who is not related to the Yee family, said that he hopes Yee is willing to be counseled by him, and reckons the 16-year-old teenager may "respond better to a third party."

Three lawyers, Alfred Dodwell, Chong Jia Hao and Ervin Tan, were at the court, representing Yee pro bono. Yee's parents were also at the court.

Charged on March 31, Amos Yee allegedly flouted his initial bail conditions after he posted an appeal for funds on his blog. He wrote a blogpost to raise 30,000 Singapore dollars for legal fees and two Facebook posts on April 14.

The Court on April 17 changed the police bail to a court bail, and set new conditions for bail. Under the new conditions, Yee has to remove several posts online and report to the investigation officer or designated police officer at Bedok Police Division at 9 a.m. daily.

Amos Yee's pre-trial conference has been moved forward to April 30. Endi