Indeed, we can confirm that Singapore’s most infamous sixteen-year-old has finally been sentenced.

Amos Yee has received a four-week jail term — one week for an obscene image he posted on his blog of the late leaders Lee Kuan Yew and Margaret Thatcher, and three weeks for his remarks made against Christians in a video clip criticising the late Lee.

This has been backdated to June 2, so in effect, he walks free.

Supporters gathered in the packed court room burst into applause, while Yee's mother Mary Toh looked visibly happy after District Judge Jasvender Kaur read out his sentence.

In submissions from the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) posted online, it was revealed that the report by Institute of Mental Health psychiatrist Cai Yi Ming found that the teenager has no mental disorder.

Explaining their about-turn from their initial calls for either a mandatory treatment order or reformative training for Yee, state prosecutors also revealed that Yee had on 23 June given the court a written commitment to take down the offending blog post and video clip. He initially defiantly made them publicly viewable earlier in May, after he was found guilty of the two crimes, while rejecting probation and prompting prosecutors to call for reformative training for him.

"Crucially, Dr Cai reports that Amos has now admitted to him that he 'would admit to his guilt and promised not to re-offend as he has realised what he did was against the law and could disrupt social harmony' and that he used his intelligence 'in the wrong ways'," the submissions added.

In delivering her sentence for Yee, District Judge Kaur acknowledged Yee's willingness to go for counselling with a doctor at Raffles Hospital.

"I also wish to say this to Amos: that I do hope that you would rethink long and hard your decision not to continue with your formal education," she said. "There are a few 5 drop-out success stories, but they are the very lucky few. For the large portion of us, it would be foolhardy."

Still plans to appeal

Despite being freed, Yee through his pro-bono lawyer Alfred Dodwell says he plans to appeal both his conviction and sentencing, saying he is remorseful, but believes that what he did was not a crime.

Dodwell himself said he was delighted with Yee's sentencing, but added that he is acting on Yee's instructions.

"Whether this is a crime or not still remains in question that we want to determine with the High Court," said Dodwell, speaking to reporters gathered outside the crowded court room.

Amos Yee was previously found guilty on May 12 for directing wounding remarks against Christianity, and for transmitting obscene caricature online of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the late Lee Kuan Yew.

During the two weeks he spent in remand at IMH, Yee reportedly did not eat and sleep well, and according to his mother, speaking to The Online Citizen, his depressed mood and behaviour landed him in Changi Hospital on Sunday night, following a drop in his glucose level.

A protest held in Singapore rallying for his release on Sunday was held on the back of several international groups who published statements calling for the same, with protesters in Hong Kong going as far as burning effigies of Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

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