Tuesday August 31, 2010
Namewee under probe over video
By NELSON BENJAMIN, AUSTIN CAMOENS and M. KUMAR
newsdesk@thestar.com.my
JOHOR BARU: Police have started investigating controversial rapper Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, for posting a video onYouTube condemning a principal who allegedly made a racist statement recently.
He is being investigated under the Sedi-tion Act, said Federal CID director Comm Datuk Seri Bakri Zinin.
He said police would be calling Wee soon to record his statement.
Wee, 27, removed the video from YouTube after it met with disapproval from various parties, including Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
“It does not matter if he has removed the video; we still have to investigate,” said Bakri.
The 27-year-old Muar-born artiste first made headlines with his infamousNegarakuku YouTube music video in 2007, which he did while studying in a university in Taiwan.
Since then, the rapper had also been criticised for hitting out at Tenaga Nasional Bhd after his home in Muar was hit by a blackout and for his views and sentiments on the Chinese independent school system.
Wee, when contacted yesterday, said he was unperturbed by the investigation.
He, however, expressed disappointment over the way his video had been politicised.
“I am sad that the authorities have done nothing against the racist principal but instead focused their attention on me. I do not regret what I have done as I love my country and do not want a small group of people to stir problems,” he said.
Wee said he grew up with friends of various races and that was why he was angered by a few “black sheep” in the education system who did not respect Malaysia as a multiracial country with religious freedom.
“My main reason for uploading the new video was to stand up against racism,” he said, adding that he used obscene language as a form of communication and did not intend it to offend anyone.
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