KUALA LUMPUR: Local rapper Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, will be freed on police bail while the full post-mortem report on Taiwanese influencer Hsieh Yun Hsi is being completed.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Fadil Marsus said the rapper will be freed on police bail on Thursday (Nov 13) for two weeks until Nov 26.
“He will be freed (on police bail) while we are waiting 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 when contacted on Thursday.
Namewee was detained by police in connection with the death of Hsieh.
The police had reclassified Hsieh’s 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 room at a hotel 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 Jalan Duta Court on Oct 24.
