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20947
Wed, 09/24/2008 - 10:27
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POLICE RECORD STATEMENT FROM 'NEGARAKUKU' SONG WRITER
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- The police today recorded a statement from a Malaysian university student in Taiwan who insulted the national anthem "Negaraku" and mocked the government through a video.
Wee Meng Chee, 25, accompanied by his parents, was seen entering the
Commercial Crime Investigation Department's cyber and multimedia investigation
division at the Bukit Perdana Government Complex here about 10.30am.
The police spent about three hours recording his statement.
"It was just a normal interview...I was asked to sign on a lyric (of the
Negaraku song which he renamed 'Negarakuku' and written in Chinese). They
asked me to translate (the lyrics into Bahasa Malaysia)," he told reporters
after the interview by the police.
When asked by reporters whether he would be charged and under what section
of the law, Wee said: "I don't know, I just play music, I don't play
law."
Asked what transpired during the interview, Wee said the police took down
his name, identity card number and asked "normal questions".
He said the police were kind to him, adding that he spent almost three
hours to translate the 'Negarakuku' song.
To a question, Wee said he did not bring a lawyer along as he was prepared
to give his statement to the police.
"They were just doing their job and I'm doing mine," said Wee who returned
home three weeks ago after completing his studies in Taiwan.
"Because I am pursuing mass communication (studies), I will work in the
media like you," said Wee, who is currently looking for a job here.
Wee, who goes by the nickname, 'Namewee', in a video clip, had sung the
"Negaraku" littered with obscenities. The national anthem "Negaraku" was renamed
"Negarakuku" in the five-minute, 32-second video clip on a website in July last
year.
Meanwhile, the division's assistant director, ACP Mohd Kamarudin Md Din,
said the police had just begun their investigation into the case.
"The case is not closed yet, it is still under investigation...once
finished, we will refer (the case) to the deputy public prosecutor," he said
when contacted, adding that the case was being investigated under the Sedition
Act.
-- BERNAMA
Wee Meng Chee, 25, accompanied by his parents, was seen entering the
Commercial Crime Investigation Department's cyber and multimedia investigation
division at the Bukit Perdana Government Complex here about 10.30am.
The police spent about three hours recording his statement.
"It was just a normal interview...I was asked to sign on a lyric (of the
Negaraku song which he renamed 'Negarakuku' and written in Chinese). They
asked me to translate (the lyrics into Bahasa Malaysia)," he told reporters
after the interview by the police.
When asked by reporters whether he would be charged and under what section
of the law, Wee said: "I don't know, I just play music, I don't play
law."
Asked what transpired during the interview, Wee said the police took down
his name, identity card number and asked "normal questions".
He said the police were kind to him, adding that he spent almost three
hours to translate the 'Negarakuku' song.
To a question, Wee said he did not bring a lawyer along as he was prepared
to give his statement to the police.
"They were just doing their job and I'm doing mine," said Wee who returned
home three weeks ago after completing his studies in Taiwan.
"Because I am pursuing mass communication (studies), I will work in the
media like you," said Wee, who is currently looking for a job here.
Wee, who goes by the nickname, 'Namewee', in a video clip, had sung the
"Negaraku" littered with obscenities. The national anthem "Negaraku" was renamed
"Negarakuku" in the five-minute, 32-second video clip on a website in July last
year.
Meanwhile, the division's assistant director, ACP Mohd Kamarudin Md Din,
said the police had just begun their investigation into the case.
"The case is not closed yet, it is still under investigation...once
finished, we will refer (the case) to the deputy public prosecutor," he said
when contacted, adding that the case was being investigated under the Sedition
Act.
-- BERNAMA
