Singaporean blogger Amos Yee sentenced to six years in jail in US for child pornography, grooming


Singaporean blogger Amos Yee was charged with solicitation and possession of child porn in October 2020. - CHICAGO POLICE

WASHINGTON (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singaporean blogger Amos Yee was sentenced by a US court on Thursday (Dec 2) to six years in jail, after he pleaded guilty to two charges of child pornography and grooming.

Yee, 23, was also ordered by the Chicago court not to contact the victim, who was then 14 years old, for two years after his release from jail.

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