SINGAPORE: Singaporean teenage blogger Amos Yee, who is seeking political asylum in the US, will remain in US custody until his final court hearing on March 7, after the US immigration authorities denied his release, his lawyers said.
Grossman Law, the law firm representing the 18-year-old in his US asylum bid, said in a media statement on Friday the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had denied him humanitarian release on Thursday.
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