Teen blogger Amos Yee is free, according to his attorney.
Amos Yee, 16, who was found guilty of wounding religious feelings, will walk free after being sentenced to jail time already served.
Yee was found guilty of two charges - one for making offensive or wounding remarks against Christianity and another for circulating obscene imagery. A third charge, for the teen blogger's statements on the late Lee Kuan Yew in a YouTube video, was withdrawn, according to Channel NewsAsia.
The court sentenced Yee to four weeks of imprisonment from June 2, which means he can be released immediately having already spent 50 days in remand.
"[The offences] were not serious in nature but not trivial either," Judge Jasvender Kaur said, according to BBC News.
The youngster plans to appeal his conviction and sentence, which he feels is "manifestly excessive," to the High Court of the Republic of Singapore, according to his lawyer Alfred Dodwell, CNN reports.
Yee was noticeably more tired and subdued as he walked out of court Monday afternoon, in contrast to his previous appearances where he appeared more confident, smiling and waving at reporters.
Social Media was quick to notice and comment on this change:
The teenager had spent part of his remand at a mental health facility for assessment, and was later found to be mentally sound. He was also briefly admitted to hospital due to low levels of blood sugar. Yee's video, titled "Lee Kuan Yew is Finally Dead!", was posted on March 23. He later posted an obscene cartoon of Lee and Margaret Thatcher on his blog in an apparent reference to their close political relationship.
The case sparked public debate in the city-state about censorship and the reaction by the government drew criticism from human rights groups.
Yee was facing a maximum penalty of three years in prison for wounding racial or religious feelings and three months for distributing an obscene drawing.
