A popular ethnic Chinese Malaysian rapper and filmmaker has been detained to assist police investigating the murder of a Taiwanese social media influencer.

Wee Meng Chee, popularly known as Namewee, surrendered to police early on Wednesday and would be placed under remand for six days, his lawyer Joshua Tay said.

Police said on Tuesday they were searching for Wee after they reclassified Hsieh Yu-hsin's death as a murder following the discovery of unspecified new evidence.

Hsieh, 31, who had more than half a million followers on Instagram and also operated an OnlyFans account, was found dead in a hotel bathtub in Kuala Lumpur on October 22.

According to local media reports, police said Wee was the last person seen with her before her death.

Wee was briefly detained at the time and sepa

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