Quick info:
| Age | 24 |
| Birthday | October 31, 1998 |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| City | Singapore |
| Country | Singapore |
| Profession | YouTube Star |
Amos Yee is a famous YouTube Star, born on October 31, 1998 in Singapore. As of December 2022, Amos Yee’s net worth is $5 Million. After his arrest and trial for the online abuse of Lee Kuan Yew, protests arose over Yee’s imprisonment, which was seen as an infringement of free speech.
| Parents | Mary Toh, Alphonsus Yee |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Amos Yee Biography
Actor and web personality who attracted international attention after his online defamation of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew resulted in his arrest. Amos Yee (余澎杉) was born on 31 October 1998, in Singapore, the only child of Alphonsus Yee, a computer engineer, and Mary Toh Ai Buay, a mathematics teacher. Yee was raised in Singapore as part of an ethnically Chinese family..
He was born Amos Yee Pang Sang to computer engineer Alphonsus Yee and mathematics professor Mary Toh Ai Buay. He was raised Catholic but has become an outspoken atheist.
Amos Yee Pang Sang (Chinese: 余澎杉 ; pinyin: Yú Péngshān ; Wade–Giles: Yü P’eng Shan ; Jyutping: jyu4 paang1 saam1 , born 31 October 1998) is a Singaporean blogger, former YouTube personality and former child actor.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
Many peoples want to know what is Amos Yee ethnicity, nationality, Ancestry & Race? Let’s check it out! As per public resource, IMDb & Wikipedia, Amos Yee’s ethnicity is Asian. We will update Amos Yee’s religion & political views in this article. Please check the article again after few days.In March 2011, Yee won awards for Best Short Film and Best Actor at The New Paper’s First Film Fest (FFF) for his film Jan. The New Paper described Yee as having taken on four different acting roles in his “self-written, self-directed film”, which was described as a “twisted dark comedy” in which a boy tries to persuade his three friends to help a cancer-stricken girl. Yee, thirteen at the time, was described as having made the film “in his bedroom”. The FFF awarded Yee a video camera and video editing software.
Amos Yee Net Worth
Amos Yee is one of the richest YouTube Star & listed on most popular YouTube Star. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amos Yee‘s net worth $5 Million.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | YouTube Star |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
He first gained acclaim when he competed in the The New Paper’s First Film Fest, winning the titles of Best Short Film and Best Actor.
In March 2011, Yee won awards for Best Short Film and Best Actor at The New Paper’s First Film Fest (FFF) for his film Jan. The New Paper described Yee as having taken on four different acting roles in his “self-written, self-directed film”, which was described as a “twisted dark comedy” in which a boy tries to persuade his three friends to help a cancer-stricken girl. Yee, thirteen at the time, was described as having made the film “in his bedroom”. The FFF awarded Yee a video camera and video editing software.
In January 2012, Yee was widely criticized by netizens for uploading a video to YouTube which – according to My Paper – “called the Chinese New Year a rip-off of the Western New Year’s Day”. Garnering over 150,000 views, Yee later clarified that the video was satirical in nature. The New Paper described Yee as “mocking the origins of the zodiac and joking about how children should be given a one-month holiday for Chinese New Year” in the video. Within the video, Yee had also said that it was his “fake representation” of Chinese New Year.
Yee’s sentence was also met with criticism from the Humans Rights Watch, which said that “nothing that Amos Yee said or posted should ever have been considered criminal – much less merit incarceration”. Singaporean politician Goh Meng Seng said that even though he did not like Amos “because he’s rude in the Singapore context”, he felt that “he [had] to defend his rights.” Singaporean academic Cherian George, lawyer Peter Low, a former president of the Law Society of Singapore, as well as leading rights activists, academics, filmmakers and members of the arts community signed a letter saying that they were “troubled by the State’s harsh reactions and that “sending Yee to the facility could deter young people in the city-state from expressing their views openly for fear of reprisals.
Who is Amos Yee dating?
According to our records, Amos Yee is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of May 2022, Amos Yee’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Amos Yee. You may help us to build the dating records for Amos Yee!In his post on 27 November 2015, Amos addressed Calvin Cheng’s comments on killing the children of terrorist members. He wrote, “Oh yes and **** Islam, and Allah doesn’t exist, but say you see a prick from ISIS who wants to kill or has even killed before, don’t think that’s a scenario where it’s alright to kill him.” His statement prompted several police reports from the public, and subsequent police investigation in December 2015 for allegedly posting offensive material on his blog.
Amos Yee Height
Amos Yee’s height Not available right now. weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular YouTube Star. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Singapore. Amos Yee celebrates birthday on October 31 of every year.
Yee, who was raised Catholic, and began attending Mass independently of his family, considered himself a practicing Catholic, but in 2013 he was reportedly “kicked out” of service as an altar boy after swearing during a meeting. After meeting with a priest to question his confirmation, and studying skeptical websites and videos, he became an atheist.
Yee filed an appeal against the conviction and sentence, ahead of 20 July 2015 deadline for making an appeal. Yee’s lawyer, Dodwell, said that “whether this was a crime or not still remains a question [that they wanted to] determine in the high court”. Yee’s mother said that she wanted “to know for sure that what Amos has done is not criminally wrong”. For the hearing at the High Court, Yee’s lawyers want the appeal to be heard by a non-Christian judge.
Yee’s sentence led to protests from several activist groups. On 27 June 2015 about sixty people under the banner of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights demonstrated outside the Singapore Trade Office in Taipei. The protesters from more than 10 civil society groups under the banner of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights (TAHR) held placards and chanted “Free Amos Yee” for about half an hour.
On 5 July 2015, night before Yee’s next hearing was scheduled to be held, Yee was admitted to the Accident and Emergency department at Changi Hospital for low blood glucose levels. According to his mother, Yee had not been eating for several days, was not sleeping well and feeling depressed. Earlier, on 12 June Yee’s lawyer reported that Yee had been experiencing suicidal thoughts at the prospect of reformative training. While Yee had been initially “very courteous and engaged in the process”, his stint at the Institute for Mental Health had been “a shock to his system”.
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