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Malaysian Rapper Held for Allegedly Insulting Islam in Video

An ethnic Chinese rapper in Malaysia has been detained for allegedly insulting Islam in his latest music video. Wee Meng Chee, popularly known as Namewee, was detained Sunday at Kuala Lumpur's airport as he returned from abroad. Police on Monday obtained a court order to hold the 33-year-old singer for four days to investigate him on suspicion of "defiling a place of worship with intention to insult religion." The video, "Oh My God," was released last month. It...

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