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Namewee Freed on Police Bail as Prosecutor Finds No Evidence Tying Him to Influencer’s Death

Police await the full post-mortem before sending the case file back to prosecutors.

Overview

  • Kuala Lumpur police said the musician was released on Nov 13 on two weeks of police bail that runs until Nov 26.
  • Attorney-General Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar stated that current investigations have found no evidence linking him to Iris Hsieh’s death.
  • The case remains classified as a murder investigation and will be referred again to the Attorney-General’s Chambers once the post-mortem is complete.
  • Investigators said he was the last person seen with Hsieh at a Kuala Lumpur hotel on Oct 22, with cause of death pending forensic results.
  • He voluntarily surrendered on Nov 5 and was remanded from Nov 6 to Nov 13, and he faces separate drug charges from October to which he pleaded not guilty.