Singer and filmmaker Wee Meng Chee, widely known as Namewee, will be released on police bail tomorrow after the Attorney-General’s Chambers found no evidence tying him to the murder of Taiwanese influencer Hsieh Yu-hsin last month.
Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar said directives have been issued for additional investigations.
“The AGC will pursue suitable measures if fresh evidence emerges,” he stated, as reported by Buletin TV3.
Earlier today, Kuala Lumpur police chief Fadil Marsus confirmed that officers had wrapped up their initial probe and forwarded the investigation papers to the deputy public prosecutor’s office yesterday.
The case drew widespread notice after Hsieh was discovered dead in a hotel bathtub in Kuala Lumpur, following a reported meeting with Wee to discuss a video shoot.
Authorities reclassified the incident from sudden death to murder.
Wee turned himself in to police on November 5 once the murder label was applied, with his detention extended until Thursday.
He was initially detained on October 22 when nine blue pills, suspected to be ecstasy, turned up in the hotel room.
Tests later showed he had amphetamine, methamphetamine, ketamine, and THC in his system.
Wee, facing charges of drug possession and consumption, entered a not guilty plea and secured bail of RM4000 per count.
