Singaporean blogger sentenced to jail time already served


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  • Monday, 06 Jul 2015

Organiser Jolovan Wham (C) and participants shout slogans during a protest to free blogger Amos Yee, at Hong Lim Park in Singapore July 5, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore teenager who posted a video online deemed offensive to Christians and an obscene image of late leader Lee Kuan Yew will be released after the court sentenced him on Monday to jail time already served.

A court sentenced Amos Yee, 16, to four weeks of imprisonment from June 2, which means he could be released immediately after spending 50 days in remand.

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