A Malaysian court on Monday granted rapper Namewee a full acquittal from his drug use charge after the prosecution presented a negative urine test in court.
Namewee’s lawyer, Joshua Tay, confirmed the acquittal with This Week in Asia.
Tay told the Kuala Lumpur magistrates’ court that since the pathology report was negative, there was no prospect of recharging his client, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee.
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“The appropriate order should be a discharge and acquittal,” Tay said.
Magistrate S Arunjothy made the ruling after deputy public prosecutor Amritpreet Kaur Randhawa informed the court that the pathology results were negative and the prosecution had withdrawn the charge.
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“The court acquits and discharges the accused from the charge, and the bail money is returned,” Arunjothy said, referring to the bail of 2,000 ringgit (US$490).