KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General's Chambers has rejected a representation submitted by rapper and filmmaker Namewee (pic) seeking a review of two charges related to the possession of drugs and sildenafil.
Deputy public prosecutor Nurainizatul Farhana Zainal informed the court of the decision during proceedings before Magistrate Nurul Izzah Hasan Basri here on Wednesday (April 29).
The court then set May 29 for mention.
Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, filed the representation in an effort to have the charges withdrawn or reduced to lesser offences.
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The 43-year-old is accused of possessing 1.57g of methamphetamine in a hotel room on Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur, at about 4.30pm on Oct 22 last year.
He was charged under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 12(3), which carries a maximum fine of RM100,000, imprisonment of up to five years or both, upon conviction.
He also faces a second charge of possessing 0.78g of sildenafil at the same location, date and time.
The charge under Section 9(1) of the Poisons Act 1952, punishable under Section 32(2), provides for a maximum fine of RM50,000, up to five years' jail, or both if found guilty.
On Dec 22, Namewee was acquitted of a separate charge of self-administering a dangerous drug after the prosecution withdrew the charge following negative pathology test results. – Bernama
