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(5 Nov 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

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ARCHIVE: Taipei, Taiwan - 21 November 2020
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1. STILL of Malaysian Chinese singer Wee Meng Chee, also known as Namewee, arriving at 57th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei (AP photo by Billy Dai/ ID: 20326557841654)

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ARCHIVE: Taipei, Taiwan - 3 October 2020
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2. STILL of Wee as he arrives for 31th Golden Melody Awards in Taipei (AP photo by Billy Dai/ ID: 20277446691781)

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ARCHIVE: Kaohsiung, Taiwan - 2 July 2022
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3. STILL of Wee as he arrives for 33rd Golden Melody Awards in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (AP photo by Billy Dai/ ID: 22183472404048)

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 5 November 2025
4. Mid of Joshua Tay, lawyer for Wee, talking on phone
5. Close of journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Joshua Tay, lawyer for Wee Meng Chee:
“Six days, the magistrate gave six days. So the police asked for seven days remand (detention), of course we oppose, we opposed to the remand, he shouldn’t be detained, because the incident was 14 days ago. So the magistrate gave six days. So I think that’s about it. At this point in time that’s the only thing I can confirm, the remand, magistrate only gave six days. Ok.”
7. Various exteriors of police station
STORYLINE:
A popular ethnic Chinese Malaysian rapper and filmmaker was detained Wednesday to assist police in their investigation into the murder of a Taiwanese social media influencer, the rapper's lawyer said.

Wee Meng Chee, popularly known as Namewee, surrendered to police early Wednesday and will be placed under remand for six days, said his lawyer Joshua Tay.

Police said Tuesday they were searching for Wee after they reclassified Hsieh Yu-hsin's death as a murder following the discovery of unspecified new evidence.

Hsieh, 31, who had more than half a million followers on Instagram and also operated an OnlyFans account, was found dead in a hotel bathtub in Kuala Lumpur on October 22.

According to local media reports, police said Wee was the last person seen with her before her death.

Wee was briefly detained at the time and separately charged for drug possession and use, allegations he denied.

A former nurse, Hsieh was known as “Nurse Goddess” by her fans.

Police said she arrived in Malaysia on October 20 and was scheduled to stay for four days.

Police are waiting for the full post-mortem and toxicology reports before releasing the official cause of her death, local media reported.

Wee, 42, said he was deeply saddened by Hsieh's death but denied any wrongdoing.

In an Instagram post after his surrender, he vowed to cooperate with the investigation to provide answers to the public and Hsieh's family.

A provocative and outspoken artist, Wee has been arrested and questioned by police multiple times in the past over his satirical takes on politics, race and religion in his music videos and movies.

He defends his right to artistic expression and says his videos use satire to highlight social issues in Malaysia.

AP video by Syawalludin Zain

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