Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Malaysian rapper faces sedition charge over YouTube clip...

A Malaysian rapper is being investigated for sedition, police said today, after posting a YouTube video which drew allegations he was stirring up ethnic tensions in the multicultural nation.

Wee Meng Chee, 27, better known as Namewee to his fans, made national headlines three years ago over another YouTube clip mocking the national anthem which authorities also said was seditious.
He apologised for that incident, but is in fresh trouble for posting a three-minute rap titled "Nah" criticising a Muslim Malay headmistress accused of making racial slurs against her ethnic Chinese and Indian students. More...

Watch the video ( In Malay and Mandarin)

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