POLICE are tracking down rapper Namewee, as his Like a Dog music video has offended the feelings and sensitivities of the country’s multiracial population.

Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd said Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, was believed to be overseas currently.

“We are still tracking him down… (he is) believed to be abroad.

“Investigations are being carried out, together with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC),” he said when contacted by Bernama today.

Yesterday, Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun said police had opened investigation papers on the rapper over the music video.

The top cop said the case was being investigated under Section 298 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the MCMC Act 1998.

Namewee had uploaded the music video last week, in conjunction with the Chinese New Year.

The video shows a group of people wearing dog masks and allegedly dancing in a vulgar manner near the Perdana Putra building, where the Prime Minister’s Office is located, in Putrajaya. – Bernama, February 19, 2018.