High Court dismisses teen blogger Amos Yee's appeal against conviction and sentence

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"He (Yee) gave no respect to anyone - the police, the court and someone who had just passed away," said Justice Tay.

Yee had criticised the late founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew in his video.

"All these were done in the noble disguise of freedom of speech. Yee's deliberate use of vulgarities and crude language to provoke reactions seems like someone throwing stones at the windows of a neighbour's house to force them to notice him and force them to come out to quarrel or fight."

"This doesn't sound like freedom of speech at all."

Justice Tay surmised that it would be wrong to focus on Yee's age and downplay what he had said and done.

"Mr Yee, in my opinion, is obviously not a person without talent. He has a command of the English language which could be put to good use," he said.

"I hope that Mr Yee will wean himself from his preference for crude language. I think real debate and rational discussions of social issues can flourish in an environment of goodwill and civil language."

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...conviction-and


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