Singaporean Amos Yee deported from the US, set to appear in Singapore court for NS enlistment offences

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In 2015, Yee was jailed in Singapore for wounding religious feelings by making remarks about Christians. 

About a year later, Yee was jailed again and fined on a similar charge, this time for making remarks about Christians and Muslims.

He fled to the US and was granted asylum by the US despite opposition from the US Department of Homeland Security.

But in October 2020, Yee fell foul of the law in the US for possession of child pornography and grooming a 14-year-old girl.

A US court heard that Yee had befriended the victim in February 2019. They began an “online courtship”, during which he repeatedly asked for her naked photos.

On occasions, he asked her to engage in role play and “sexual fantasies”, said the prosecution. This was despite the victim telling him that she was 14 years old.

A judge said that Yee had used WhatsApp to “seduce, solicit and lure” the victim and distributed photographs of her online.

Yee pleaded guilty to the charges in December 2021 and was sentenced to six years’ jail, with the prison term backdated to his arrest date.

He was granted parole halfway through his sentence in October 2023, but was taken back into custody about a month later for violating parole conditions.