KUALA LUMPUR: Local rapper Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, has been freed on police bail.
The vehicle transporting the 42-year-old man was seen leaving the Dang Wangi district police headquarters at about 3.50pm yesterday.
His lawyer Joshua Tay H’ng Foong was also seen accompanying him at the police headquarters.
Tay said his client went for a medical check-up at Kuala Lumpur Hospital at about 11am before returning to the district police headquarters three hours later.
Earlier, Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Fadil Marsus had said Namewee would be freed on police bail while the full report of the post-mortem on Taiwanese influencer Hsieh Yun Hsi is being completed.
Comm Fadil said the rapper will be freed on police bail until Nov 26.
“He will be freed (on police bail) while we wait for the post-mortem report.
“The investigation paper will be referred again to the Attorney-General’s Chambers once the post-mortem report is obtained,” he said.
Namewee was detained by police in connection with Hsieh’s death.
The police had reclassified her death as murder after the initial sudden death classification.
Investigations revealed that Namewee was the last person seen with the 31-year-old victim in a hotel room here at about 1.40pm on Oct 22.
He was later arrested for alleged possession and use of drugs, but was released after pleading not guilty to the drug-related charges at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court on Oct 24.
Comm Fadil said the victim had arrived in Malaysia on Oct 20 and was scheduled to stay for four days.
Namewee was detained by police when he surrendered himself at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters on Nov 5. He was later remanded until Nov 10.
The remand was then extended until yesterday.
On Wednesday, Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar said there was no evidence linking rapper Namewee to Hsieh’s death and he would be released on police bail.
The decision was made following a review of the police investigation papers, he said, adding that further probes have been ordered, pending any new findings.
“We have obtained the investigation papers on the case from the police.
“After examining them, we found no evidence to show that the suspect was involved in the murder of the Taiwanese influencer,” he said when contacted on Wednesday.
