KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian authorities remanded a rapper in custody for four days on Monday over a music video he produced that allegedly insulted Islam. Wee Meng Chee, who goes by the stage name Namewee, is facing a police investigation over the alleged use of footage said to depict a mosque in the state of Penang and of the words 'Allah' and 'Mecca' in the video. The 33-year-old is being investigated for 'injuring or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class', a police chief in Penang, Mior Faridalathrash Wahid, told reporters after the court granted the remand order. The offense carries a penalty of up to two years in jail, a fine, or both.
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