Singapore teen granted asylum released from US custody

in #singapore • 7 years ago

A teenage blogger from Singapore was released from US custody following an immigration appeals court's decision to uphold his bid for asylum.
Amos Yee, whose online posts mocking and criticizing the Singapore government twice landed him in jail there, left his homeland in December with the intention of seeking US asylum.
But federal immigration agents detained the 18-year-old at O'Hare International Airport and he had been behind bars since.
Carrying a clear plastic bag stuffed with his belongings, Yee emerged Tuesday afternoon from a US Immigration and Custom

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