SINGAPORE, April 30 — YouTuber Amos Yee is back in jail, after his bailor applied to discharge himself, following a breach of bail conditions by the 16-year-old.
District Judge Kessler Soh today (April 30) also raised the bail amount from S$20,000 (RM53,885) to S$30,000. However, as no one, including Amos’ parents, has come forward to post bail for him, Amos will remain in remand until the trial begins.
Amos had violated his bail conditions after he put up two blog posts yesterday (April 29) titled ‘The Ridiculous Terms of my Bail’, and ‘My Abusive Father’. His bail conditions require him not to upload or distribute any content online before his case is concluded.
Speaking to reporters after the pre-trial conference (PTC), Amos’ lawyer Alfred Dodwell said that the trial will likely begin next week, and that a PTC will be held next Monday (May 4) to set a date for the trial.
A show cause hearing will also be held, where the court will decide whether Amos’ previous bailor Vincent Law will have to forfeit the S$20,000 he had posted last week (April 21).
Bail is intended to ensure that an accused returns to court for hearings until the case concludes. Mr Dodwell said that during the show cause hearing, Mr Law will have to tell the court why the bail money should not be forfeited, before it makes its decision. No date has been set for the hearing.
Mr Dodwell also said that Amos’ parents will be making a police report on an earlier incident this afternoon, where the teenager was slapped by a stranger outside the courthouse. — TODAY
