Rais: Investigation Papers in Cases Involving Namewee Sent to AG’s Chambers

(BERNAMA) – Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said today that the investigation papers (IPs) relating to You Tube video postings by rapper Namewee had already been submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers last week.

“The papers relate to several cases involving him including one on a school principal in Johor,” he told reporters after attending an appreciation dinner for the organising committee of the 53rd Merdeka parade, at a hotel here.

He said that he was very confident that the Attorney-General would apply his wisdom in prosecution related to the cases.

“So it is out of our hands. The IPs have been completed and filed with the AG’s Chambers,” he said, adding that his ministry and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had done their part on the matter and that the final decison on it lay with the AG.

“We do not expect this matter to bring about any implications but want the public to know that my ministry and the MCMC have done our part. Now we leave it to the AG to decide on the next course of action.”
   
Asked about the launching of an album by the rapper yesterday, Rais said:  “If he gives rise to new cases, the MCMC will open new investigations and the same process happens.”

Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, 27, is alleged to have made seditious remarks in his You Tube video postings.