SINGAPORE, May 26 — Teen blogger Amos Yee has been charged in court for allegedly wounding the religious feelings of Muslims and Christians, and for allegedly failing to show up at Jurong Police Division on two occasions.

Yee, who faces eight charges, intends to claim trial. The 17-year-old told the judge this morning that he will try to get a lawyer to represent him. His bail of S$5,000 (RM14,810) was extended.

The prosecution did not object to Yee being granted bail. Noting, however, that Yee committed the offence of the sixth charge when he was out on police bail, the prosecution asked that he make an undertaking not to commit any of these offences or any further offences while on bail.

In response, Yee said: “I won’t post any content which will wound religious feelings, I promise.” He also said he would not commit further offences while on bail.

A pretrial conference has been set for Monday at 9.30am. Since Yee is claiming trial, the prosecution sought an urgent pre-trial conference, saying the expeditious disposal of these charges is necessary as Yee has increased both the tempo and offensiveness of his blog posts. The prosecution said Yee is escalating his offending behaviour in a bid to raise attention.

Yee was back in court this morning, less than a year after he was released from jail for posting online an obscene image and content intended to hurt the religious feelings of Christians.

Member of the public hold up placards in support of 16-year-old Amos Yee who is behind online attacks on late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore on July 5, 2015. — AFP pic

Yesterday, Yee posted images of the eight charge sheets on his blog — five charges are for allegedly wounding the religious feelings of Muslims and one for allegedly wounding the religious feelings of Christians. They relate to content he posted online between November last year and last Thursday. Two charges are for allegedly failing to show up at Jurong Police Division last December and this month, despite a notice from Assistant Superintendent of Police Doreen Chong and a magistrate’s order to do so.

If convicted of deliberately wounding the religious feelings of others, Yee could be jailed up to three years and fined. For failing to show up at Jurong Police Division in spite of an order, he could be jailed up to a month and fined up to S$1,500. — TODAY