Amos Yee

Amos Yee Pang Sang (Chinese: 余澎杉; pinyin: Yú Péngshān; born 31 October 1998) is a Singaporean convicted child sex offender, internet personality, and former child actor. In 2012, Yee began uploading YouTube videos that criticised religion, particularly Islam and Christianity. Yee gained national and international attention in 2015 after the death of Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, uploading a video where he labelled Lee a dictator and portrayed Lee as having anal sex with former prime minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher. After 32 police reports were filed against Yee, he was arrested by the Singapore Police Force and charged with both obscenity and violations of provisions under the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act. His trial and arrest garnered condemnation by international organisations like Amnesty International and the Committee to Protect Journalists, which highlighted restrictions on freedom of expression in Singapore. In 2016, Yee fled to the United States, where he was granted political asylum by the Department of Homeland Security. In 2020, he was arrested by the Marshals Service at his apartment in Chicago for solicitation, possession of child pornography, and child grooming. He was sentenced to six years in a Illinois prison. Yee was released on parole on 7 October 2023, but was rearrested for violating his parole conditions. He was again released under early parole in November 2025. Yee was deported back to Singapore in March 2026, where he was charged under the Enlistment Act for failing to comply with his compulsory national service obligations in 2016.