Namewee remanded over controversial music video


A screengrab of Namewee's controversial Chinese New Year video taken from YouTube. The rapper has been remanded by police after he went to the police headquarters in Bukit Aman today. – YouTube pic, February 22, 2018.

RAPPER Namewee has been remanded today after giving his statement to Bukit Aman over his controversial YouTube Chinese New Year music video, which led to angry groups lodging reports.

In a post on his official Facebook page today, Namewee’s administrator said he was detained by police for further questioning.


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  • Ideally, i think that the namawee saga is best seen as the struggle of an an individual to make a place for himself in the world that he lives in.

    There is nothing wrong with an individual wanting to make a place for themself in the the world they live , isn’t it - we are all individuals afterall, and don’t we all struggle to leave our mark in the fabric of existence ?

    Whether we think the place they seek is too high compared to their talents or contributions, or too low for their talents and contributions , or fitting in accordance with their talent and contributions, that is all well, as long as we see it within the confines of an individual struggle.

    I think this namawee saga has become toxic only because many of us, subconsciously, are viewing his escapades as an effort by one race to undermine another race, instead as simply being the struggle of an individual, to find a place for himself, in the world that he lives in.

    Posted 6 years ago by Nehru Sathiamoorthy