Mother of Amos Yee: “I did not file a police report to have my son arrested”

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

Misrepresentation of intent for the police report made by Amos Yee’s mother

Many in Singapore would been well aware of who Amos Yee is and the charges which he faces for the video that he had posted on 27 March after the passing of late Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

Some may also be informed earlier by a Straits Times report on 31 March that Amos’s mother, Mrs Mary filed a police report on her son.

ST Amos mother
Report by Straits Times
The report wrote, “A teenager who is in police custody for posting a video online that insulted Christianity and attacked Mr Lee Kuan Yew has been declared by his mother to be beyond her control.




A reliable source told The Straits Times Amos Yee’s mother has made a police report to that effect.”

Many would have assumed from the write up that Amos’s mother has given up on Amos as her child and therefore asking the police to arrest him for his actions.

However, Mrs Mary told TOC that her visit to the police station has been taken out of context by the report.

According to her, the reason for filing the police report is because at that point of time, Amos has just published a vulgar image despite her objections and she feared for Amos’s safety.

As Mrs Mary presumed the police might be taking action soon against her son, she went to the Ang Mo Kio police station on Sunday 29 March at around 1.30 pm and told the police that she wants to apologise to the nation for the actions of her son. With the apology, she hoped that the police could be more lenient in the handling of her son’s case. In the report, she also asked if the police could advise where her son could be put through counselling.

The report write up can be seen in the photo below.


police report AMOS
Police report by Mrs Mary to apologise on her son’s behalf
Also in the ST report, it is written, “More than 20 police reports have been lodged against him over the video as well as over obscene material posted on his blog on Sunday.”

Mrs Mary expressed her displeasure to TOC that her police report or public apology was associated or counted together with the other police reports lodged to have her son arrested.

“I did not file a police report to have my son arrested.” said Mrs Mary.

While she disagreed with the rudeness and vulgarity of his video and image but she did not see the need for criminal penalty be imposed on his form of expression.

In response to TOC’s attempt to clarify the source, the reporter wrote back to say, “You can ask Amos’ mother to call me at 6XXXXXXX tomorrow and I will address any concerns she has with my report.”


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