SINGAPORE: Amos Yee will go on trial on May 7 and 8. He faces charges in connection with a YouTube video he made, which contains disparaging remarks against Christians. This was decided after a pre-trial conference at the State Courts on Monday (May 4). 

Speaking to reporters after the pre-trial conference, Mr Ervin Tan, one of the three lawyers representing Yee explained the tight timeline, saying they "did not wish to see him spend more time in remand than necessary". Yee watched the proceedings from Changi Prison where he is in remand.
Mr Tan also said that he will inform Yee's parents of the developments, as they were not in court on Monday.

The 16-year-old Yee faces a charge of making offensive or wounding remarks against Christianity and another of circulating obscene imagery. 

Yee has been in remand after his previous pre-trial conference on Apr 30, after his bailor, family and youth counsellor Vincent Law, decided to discharge himself. Mr Law had told reporters earlier that he had done so as Yee “refuses to abide” by the bail conditions.

Before that, Yee had posted twice on his blog, in defiance of his bail conditions, which required him not to upload or distribute any content online before his case is concluded. District Judge Kessler Soh had asked Yee to take down the two posts - one complaining about his post conditions and one a rant against his father - but Amos refused.

The judge had then raised the bail amount from S$20,000 to S$30,000, while imposing the same bail conditions as before - that he did not upload or distribute any content online before his case is concluded, and that he report to Bedok Police Station at 9am daily. However, no one, including Yee’s parents, came forward to post bail.

If convicted of making remarks wounding the feelings of Christians, Yee, who is being tried as an adult, faces up to three years’ jail, a fine, or both. For circulating obscene imagery, he could be jailed up to three months, fined, or punished with both.

On Tuesday, Yee's lawyers said there would be a bail review hearing for the teen on Wednesday morning at the High Court.