Amos Yee faces four new charges over racial and online-content allegations
SINGAPORE — Online commentator Amos Yee Pang Sang was hit with four additional charges on Wednesday for posts that prosecutors say promoted racial disharmony and indecent material, bringing his total to seven.
Source: Channel NewsAsia · August 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM · AI-assisted report
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SINGAPORE, 26 AUGUST 2026 —
SINGAPORE — Online commentator Amos Yee Pang Sang was hit with four additional charges on Wednesday for posts that prosecutors say promoted racial disharmony and indecent material, bringing his total to seven.
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The 27-year-old now faces two counts linked to April blog posts in which he allegedly discussed racial discrimination, crime statistics and suggested protests by one racial group against another, according to charge sheets. A May video posted on X similarly addressed racial discrimination and prison demographics, again calling for protests.
Separately, Yee faces one charge of indecent communication for a June 30, 2026 article titled “Why Sex with Babies is Bad.” He is also charged over three 2021 videos filmed outside Singapore—“Free Speech for the Pedophile,” “Why Child Pornography Should Be Legal” and “Why Pedophilia Is Alright”—in which he described himself as an advocate for child and baby pornography.
Yee’s lawyer, Divanan Narkunan, said the new charges were served on Tuesday and that he was still taking his client’s instructions. Prosecutors offered bail of S$15,000 on conditions that Yee must not post online about paedophilia or anything likely to incite ill feeling between racial groups.
Yee attended court with his mother but did not address the judge. X removed the May video after police directed its removal, and authorities also ordered Yee to delete his blog posts.
Yee was first charged with National Service (NS) enlistment offences after being deported from the United States in March. His scheduled guilty plea on those charges in September has been vacated and refixed for a pre-trial conference on Sept 18. Penalties for NS evasion include up to three years in jail, a fine of S$10,000, or both per charge.
Promoting racial disharmony carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail, a fine, or both. Under Singapore’s Protection from Harassment Act, making indecent communications likely to cause alarm can result in a fine of up to S$5,000.
The case highlights the limits of online speech in Singapore, where authorities have broad powers to intervene when content risks public order or public morals.
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