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Rapper Namewee claims trial for possessing drugs
The Straits Times
|January 20, 2026
Controversial Malaysian rapper Namewee is on trial at the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur for alleged drug possession at a hotel in October.
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Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out on Jan 19.
According to the charge sheet, he was found with 0.78g of sildenafil at a hotel near Jalan Conlay around 4.30pm on Oct 22. Sildenafil is a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction.
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