SINGAPORE — Teenage blogger Amos Yee has pleaded guilty to three of six charges against him of wounding the religious feelings of Muslims and Christians.

It was the second day in a row in his trial that he had pleaded guilty to part of the criminal charges against him. On Tuesday, the 17-year-old decided to plead guilty to two counts of failing to turn up at a police station for investigations, despite orders from the police.

On Wednesday, he admitted that he had made three online postings to insult Muslims and Christians, but told the court he wanted to fight three other similar charges.

During the hearing, one of the offensive videos in his posts – lasting around 20 minutes – was screened in court, and admitted as evidence. A member of the public in the gallery applauded at the end of the video, prompting Principal District Judge Ong Hian Sun to order security to escort her out.

In another post dated Dec 17 last year, Amos posted on writing platform WordPress that he was "pretty disappointed when Christians and Muslims claim that they are not offended by (his) comments." 

Since the start of the four-day trial last week, proceedings have been dogged by the blogger’s changing stance. On the first day, he requested a Criminal Case Resolution, where parties meet to discuss how to resolve the case early on. The next day, he pleaded for more time to prepare his case, and asked for a two-month adjournment to draft questions for the cross-examination of witnesses.

The trial for the remaining three charges will resume at a later date.

For wounding religious feelings, he could be jailed up to three years, fined or both. And for disobeying an order to appear at the police station, he could be thrown into jail for a maximum of one month, fined a total of S$1,500, or both.