S'porean blogger Amos Yee charged in US court with solicitation and possession of child porn

Amos Yee allegedly exchanged nude photos and "thousands" of messages with a 14-year-old Texas girl while in Chicago. - The Straits Times/Asian News Network

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singaporean blogger Amos Yee, 20, was charged with solicitation and possession of child porn in an Illinois court on Friday (Oct 16), according to local media reports.

Yee, who was jailed twice in Singapore in 2015 and 2016 for wounding religious feelings, was granted asylum in the United States in 2017 and has been living in Chicago since then.