Amos Yee on Chinese New Year video: 'It was a joke'

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WE NOT Naughty child actor Amos Yee has come under fire for, well, being naughty.

A 1min 40sec video clip titled Chinese New Year that he uploaded on YouTube last Sunday ago has enraged some netizens with its supposed disrespectful content.

In the video – which has attracted more than 150,000 views – the 14-year-old gives his satirical take on how Chinese New Year came about, mocking the origins of the zodiac and joking about how children should be given a one-month holiday for Chinese New Year.

But in the aftermath of netizens' rage over the video, Amos told The New Paper: "The video is a joke executed well but it attracted a lot of hate."