June 26, 12:18 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 1. Al Jazeera:
Singapore Teen Makes Fun of Ex-Leader and Gets ArrestedA teenage blogger made fun of Singapore's late leader and was arrested. Now, he's being held for psychiatric review.
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2. Vice:
The teen was also convicted of hurting the feelings of Christians, whom he was accused of broadly disparaging in an eight-minute video that he released after Lee's death. Titled "Lee Kuan Yew Is Finally Dead," it briefly compares Lee to various dictators who flash across the screen — Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler — before Yee likens him unfavorably to Jesus Christ: "They are both power hungry and malicious but deceive others into thinking that they are compassionate and kind."
Yee's video also criticized what he described as misconceptions about Singapore's wealth, income distribution, and civil liberties.
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3. The Economist:
IT IS not often that a criminal trial involves a prosecutor pushing for rehabilitation and appropriate counselling", and a defence lawyer urging the judge to jail his client. But that is what happened at a hearing on June 2nd for Amos Yee, a 16-year-old Singaporean blogger found guilty of circulating an obscene image and insulting Christians.
The rub, in this case, is that the prosecutor was arguing for Mr Yee to be sent to a Reformative Training Centre, a heavily structured programme for young offenders involving military-style training as well as counselling, which can last up to 30 months. Mr Yee’s lawyer was pushing for a short jail term.
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4. Forbes:
16-year-old Singaporean blogger Amos Yee is facing up to three years in prison for uploading remarks and images critical of the late Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore.
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5. The New York Times:
The case has highlighted Singapore's strict limits on speech and has drawn criticism from human rights groups, which said the treatment of the 16-year-old, including more than a month in detention and the possibility of at least 18 months in reformative training, was unduly harsh.
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