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Rapper Namewee has been freed on police bail

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November 14, 2025

Malaysian rapper Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, has been freed on police bail while the full postmortem report on Taiwanese influencer Iris Hsieh is being completed.

Rapper Namewee has been freed on police bail

A vehicle transporting the 42-year-old was seen leaving the Dang Wangi district police headquarters at about 3.50pm. He was accompanied by his lawyer Joshua Tay.

Mr Tay said his client went for a checkup at Kuala Lumpur Hospital at about 11am before returning to the district police headquarters three hours later.

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