SINGAPORE, Aug 23 — After two days of trial, teenage blogger Amos Yee pleaded guilty to two of his eight charges today.

The two charges are in relation to his failure to turn up at a police station for investigations between December last year and May this year, despite being notified by the police.

His trial for the remaining six charges of wounding the religious feelings of Muslims and Christians continues this afternoon.

A district court heard how Amos tried to skip town twice - but succeeded only once - to avoid going to the police station.

According to court documents, the 17-year-old was served a notice at his home on Dec 12 last year, informing him to show up at Jurong Police Division two days later for an interview.

Instead of doing so, Amos left for Hong Kong at around 4:30am on Dec 13.

In Hong Kong, he posted online several times about being served the notice.

"He also stated in these posts that he was on the run from the police, and that he had no intention for turning up for the aforesaid interview,” said Deputy Public Prosecutor Andre Chong.

After he returned to Singapore on April 20 this year, the police served Amos a warrant, instructing him to attend an interview on May 10 at the same police station.

The day before the interview, he tried to leave town again and was stopped at Changi International Airport. His passport was also confiscated by the authorities.

The prosecutions sentencing submissions and Amos’ mitigation plea for these two counts will be heard on Sept 14.

For failing to turn up at the police station in spite of an order, he could be jailed up to a month and fined up to S$1,500 (RM4,476).

Since the trial started last week, there have been ups and downs.

Amos requested a Criminal Case Resolution — a closed-door process where an accused person may ask for an indication of his possible sentences — on the first day of the hearing.

The following day, he asked for an adjournment of two months to prepare questions for the cross-examination of the witnesses, but was turned down by the judge.

The blogger was convicted of similar offences last year and was sentenced to four weeks’ jail. — TODAY