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Amos Yee Pang Sang

余澎杉　/　えいもす・いー

American youtuber

October 31, 1998 (age 27)　・　Singapore, United States

YouTuber
blogger
activist

My Take

Amos Yee is a figure I can only write about with real unease. A Singaporean former child actor turned YouTuber and blogger, he became a flashpoint in debates over free speech, taunting religion and authority with a teenager's fearless provocation. For a while that made him a genuine emblem of his era. But his later conviction for child sex offences is something I cannot and will not minimize; it is a line that no argument about expression can excuse. I am left seeing a sharp, combative talent who crossed into territory that forfeits sympathy, and that contradiction is the only honest take I can offer.

Overview

Amos Yee Pang Sang (Chinese: 余澎杉; pinyin: Yú Péngshān; born 31 October 1998) is a Singaporean convicted child sex offender, YouTuber, blogger, and former child actor. Inspired by atheism, Yee started to upload YouTube videos in 2012 that criticised religion, particularly Islam and Christianity. His videos were aimed at both Singaporean and international youth.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Amos Yee Pang Sang
Name (Japanese): 余澎杉
Reading: えいもす・いー
Born: October 31, 1998 (age 27)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Tiger
Origin: Singapore, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: YouTuber / blogger / activist / content creator / sex offender

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%99%E6%BE%8E%E6%9D%89

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