Back in Singapore, Arrested for Escaping National Service, Let's Dance!
Holy Fuck. The 2nd act of the story has arrived. I am back in Singapore after spending 10 years in the United States (most of it in prison). Upon returning, I was arrested immediately for escaping Singapore's Compulsory Military the past 10 years. I spent the past week in Changi Prison, and now I'm out on a bail of 10 thousand dollars waiting to be sentenced and sent back to prison. Well damn, it looks like business as usual.
Bail condition?
Now one of my bail conditions is that I can't make public comments on my ongoing case. That bail condition seems to be an Amos Yee special. No other Singaporean who escaped the military had that before. People might think that bail condition is just an excuse to silence me and to stop me from criticising National Service, but that may or may not be true. It's important the judge remains unbiased and a little bit of noise might dramatically affect their decision.
Remember that one time when someone finished their trial and looked like he was innocent of murder, and then just before the sentence, the judge had breakfast. He ordered Nasi Lemak, and the Hawker forgot to ask him if he wanted chilli or not. The judge was so pissed off, he went back to court, and afterwards he looked at that man who seemed innocent of murder and sentenced him to the death penalty! That Nasi Lemak Hawker felt so guilty, he reduced the price of his Nasi Lemak by 50 cents for a week.
If a little bit of chilli in Nasi Lemak could change the course of human history, just imagine the destruction that could be unleashed by the words of the infamous Amos fucking Yee.
Also the bail condition of not being able to comment publicly about the case seems pretty vague (how can it not be). So I guess I can't directly comment if I think my charges are unjust or not, but can I criticise Singapore's military in general? Can I comment about a case in the past similar to mine or would that be an indirect comment? Does commenting about bail conditions like what I'm doing now already count? Why the fuck can't just shut the fuck up, play it safe and stop criticising the government completely? Do I want to go back to prison? Well.... the answer is.... nuanced?
Though really, I might just genuinely accidentally break the bail condition without knowing I did. But please if I do, IO, just give me another chance, don't immediately send me back to prison. You know me from my past record, I always follow the rules and have been very cooperative, and I am clearly reformed and don't intend to break the law anymore. So let's work together so we can continue ensuring the justice and fairness of the Singaporean courts.
Also, what a pity I can't share my opinion on getting arrested for escaping National Service. Clearly people don't know my opinions on that, clearly I've never expressed my opinion on that topic before. How will people know what I think, how I feel, where I fuck. Such a lost opportunity.
Alright enough joking, what's the plan?
So the plan for me right now is if I'm ever out of prison, I'll work on producing content: blog posts and maybe some videos. I've got 6 political topics I feel are most important in Singapore that I'd like to prioritise (one of them is freedom of expression, the other is cost of living of course, the other may or may not be related to my arrest, and the other 3 well you'll find out in the future), and I'll also cover topics tangentially related and important to political activism, like religion, self-help etc. I'll detail the underlying philosophy and actions that are important to create political change, so we can finally topple PAP's 60-year dictatorship, and cause the Singapore Revolution.
For those who support me, when I finally get sentenced and sent back to prison, I hope by now you know what I want and act accordingly. Hopefully you know what I mean. If some silly thing I did 10 years ago stops you from supporting me. Well that was 10 years ago. Any stupid opinion or action I made before, I'm sorry. Any opinion I made that seems to contradict a previous one, the opinion I hold is the most recent one I made. So I love religion now. Pedophilia, of course I still support it, that's non-negotiable. Also, there was that one time I shouldn't have have publicly said those creepy, sexist stuff to that nice girl and live tweet how I wanted to fuck her, oh how funny I was.
Reflecting
On the surface, my story as of now seems incredibly depressing. I had a great opportunity to escape Singapore Prison by getting political asylum in the U.S. Yet I squandered it by exchanging nude pictures with a 14-year-old girl, had to do 5 years of prison in the U.S., and now I'm deported back to Singapore and have to serve even more years of prison for escaping National Service.
It all seems miserable, until you actually ask me about my experience. How I see it, is that 10 years ago while I was still in Singapore. I was physically and mentally ill, largely from being in the stressful, dehumanising Singaporean education system for most of my life, and of course, getting arrested constantly for criticising the Singapore Government. I was suffering from anxiety, depression, narcissism, had constant stress headaches, went to the doctor like once every 2 weeks. And didn't have any idea how to create an effective political movement. Frankly, when I was 16, I was clearly outmatched by the Singapore Government.
So when I got to America, I started defending pedophiles, the most discriminated group of people in the world, the group most deserving of being defended (read this for more details). And I got sentenced to 5 years in prison essentially for those opinions. In prison, I read like 700 books, learnt how to meditate, exercise, treat myself and others with love, and read the works of Gandhi and learnt what it takes for a successful political movement.
I can't express the knowledge I've gained and the level of self-development I experienced while in American prison, and I think readers already see glimpses of that in some of the blog posts I had already published while in prison. I became someone I never thought was possible, someone different yet same. Someone happier, less self-conscious, less angsty, and more at peace with myself no matter what happens. I haven't been sick or seen a doctor in like 8 years. It truly has been miraculous.
So I think my overseas experience in the U.S. was a tremendous success, and armed with what I've learned, I've come back to Singapore to fulfill my destiny, and that is to free Singaporeans from the tyranny of the Lee dictatorship, to make sure the rich pays sufficient taxes so the poor can afford housing and healthcare, to give singaporeans the strength to rebel, to speak up, to be free, so they can finally find what they truly want, and be free from suffering.
Conclusively
I've been roaming the streets of Singapore the past few days, and surprisingly, I have not heard a single negative comment. Most people I met treated me with warmth and support. Fascinating, because if you read the comments about me on the Internet, you'd think that if I walked out in public I'd be killed (Though interestingly, out of the 30 or so people who took selfies and talked with me, not one of them was female. Not even an Ah Ma. Hah!) It goes to show that the Internet is not real life, and those that are worthy of being liked, will be. I think there are way more supporters for my mission than it looks. For a long time it might look like I'm speaking to the air, barely reaching anyone. Then one day, boom, the tipping point,: thousands of people protesting in public, breaking unjust laws, getting arrested, the PAP loses their majority in the elections, the dictatorship is toppled.
Remember this website is the only place with the actual words of Amos Yee.
The Singapore mainstream media has not quoted a single word from this blog. They're making it seem like this website doesn't exist, like I haven't been writing and posting from prison for like 3 years. I'd ask you to share my blog posts, but if I actually create quality content that can't help but being shared, I won't have to.
Also, I've been catching up with old friends, making new ones, and have been responding regularly to emails. So if anyone would like to ask me questions, make a comment about something I wrote or whatever. Feel free to email me at amosyeeishere@gmail.com
What is suffering, what is fear, but the shadow of a warrior. I am back in the lion's den. Let's roar.