Overview
- Magistrates' Court granted a full acquittal on Dec 22 after prosecutors moved to withdraw the self-administration charge.
- Prosecutors cited negative pathology and urine results, as reported by state media and confirmed in court.
- Namewee still faces a possession charge over 5.12g of ecstasy, which carries up to five years in jail and up to nine strokes of the cane if convicted.
- He remains on police bail in connection with the death of Taiwanese influencer Iris Hsieh, which Kuala Lumpur police are investigating as murder pending final toxicology and post-mortem reports.
- Police previously reported finding nine blue pills in a hotel room and said he initially tested positive for several drugs, claims later contradicted by laboratory results.