AGC Rejects Namewee's Representation Over Drug Possession Charges

KUALA LUMPUR,  April 29 (Bernama) -- The Attorney General's Chambers has rejected a representation submitted by rapper and filmmaker Namewee seeking a review of two charges related to the possession of drugs and sildenafil.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurainizatul Farhana Zainal informed the court of the decision during proceedings before Magistrate Nurul Izzah Hasan Basri today.

The court subsequently set May 29 for mention.

Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, had filed the representation in an effort to have the charges withdrawn or reduced to lesser offences.

Under the first charge, the 43-year-old is accused of possessing 1.57 grams of methamphetamine in a hotel room on Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur, at about 4.30 pm on Oct 22 last year.

He was charged under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable under Section 12(3), which carries a maximum fine of RM100,000, imprisonment of up to five years, or both upon conviction.

He also faces a second charge of possessing 0.78 grams of sildenafil at the same location, date and time.

That charge was brought under Section 9(1) of the Poisons Act 1952 and is punishable under Section 32(2), which provides for a maximum fine of RM50,000, imprisonment of up to five years, or both.

Previously, on Dec 22 last year, Namewee was acquitted of a separate charge of self-administering a dangerous drug after the prosecution withdrew the charge following negative pathology test results.

-- BERNAMA