Namewee remanded for six days in probe of influencer's death

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Local rapper Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, has been remanded for six days in connection with the death of Taiwanese social media influencer Iris Hsieh.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/42ax5jt7  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Police said they are remanding Malaysian rapper Wee Ming-Chi for six days to help with their

00:09investigation into the death of Taiwanese social media influencer Iris Xie. Dangwangi OCPD

00:16Assistant Commissioner Sazali Adam said the remand application was made at the Dangwangi

00:21District Police Headquarters. Sazali and Wee's lawyer also confirmed that Wee is now in police

00:27custody. Wee, who is better known as Name Wee, reported himself at the police headquarters at

00:461.10am on Wednesday. The 42-year-old said he would cooperate with the police in their investigation

00:52to give an explanation to the public and the deceased's family. He said he will not run away

00:58and he added that in the past, when he was wanted by the police, he had voluntarily reported himself

01:04each time. The police had earlier said they were looking for Wee for their investigation into Xie's

01:10case. The 31-year-old Xie was found dead at a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur on October 22. Wee was

01:18reportedly the last person with Xie prior to her death. Police had said they found drugs in the

01:24hotel room and reclassified Xie's case as murder after the initial sudden death classification.

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