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Amos Yee Pang Sang (, born 31 October 1998) is a Singaporean YouTube personality, blogger and former child actor. In late March 2015, shortly after the death of Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore, and later Senior Minister and Minister Mentor, Yee uploaded a video on YouTube criticising Lee. In the video Yee compared Lee to Jesus, and cast both in an unfavorable light. Yee also uploaded to his blog an image depicting Lee and Margaret Thatcher engaged in anal sex. Yee was arrested and charged with "intention of wounding the religious feelings of Christians", obscenity, and "threatening, abusive or insulting communication." The first two charges fall under the Singapore Penal Code. The third charge, later stood down, was a response to the video's criticism of Lee and falls under the Protection from Harassment Act. Yee's trial, which took place on 7 to 8 May 2015, attracted much public interest. The court found Yee guilty on 12 May 2015, and sentenced him to four weeks in jail. Sentencing was backdated to include 53 days served in remand, and so Yee was freed immediately following the trial. Yee filed an appeal against both the court conviction and sentence on 9 July 2015.〔http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/amos-yee-files-appeal/1995234.html〕 Yee's imprisonment drew criticism from human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, which considered Yee to be a prisoner of conscience.〔 == Background == Amos Yee Pang Sang〔 (余澎杉) was born on October 31, 1998, in Singapore,〔 the only child of Alphonsus Yee, a computer engineer, and Mary Toh Ai Buay, a mathematics teacher. Yee was raised in Singapore as part of an ethnically Chinese family. Yee studied at Pei Chun Public School, where he took the Primary School Leaving Examination, and obtained a score of 244, with A * for maths and science, and A for Chinese and English. He then attended Zhonghua Secondary School, where he completed the O Levels and decided not to continue with post-secondary school education, despite "good results" as described by ''Today''.〔 In 2015, ''The Straits Times'' described him as "a school leaver who blogged that he intended to pursue a career in film and YouTube videos".〔 Yee practices taekwondo, has been using social media from the age of eight,〔 and is an atheist.〔 Yee, who was raised Catholic, and began attending Mass independent of his family in seventh grade, considered himself a practising Catholic until mid-2013. In 2013 Yee is reported to have been "kicked out" as an altar boy after swearing during a meeting.〔 Yee describes being asked to leave the Church after he told a priest about his reservations on being confirmed Catholic,〔 although this account is disputed by the Catholic Church in Singapore.〔 Yee questioned the implications of a Catholic confirmation and began researching Catholicism and Christianity by watching YouTube videos and reading blogs on atheism.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amos Yee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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