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Singapore Blogger, Seeking Asylum in US, Regrets 'Overly Rude' Posts

A Singaporean blogger who is seeking political asylum in the United States said Friday that he regretted making inflammatory posts that landed him in jail twice in his home country. Amos Yee, 18, now detained in Illinois, told Reuters that videos he filmed insulting Singapore's late prime minister and various religions were in bad taste. "It is hate speech, it is overly rude, it isn't good activism," Yee said by telephone from the McHenry County Adult Correctional...

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