Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, was driven out by friends in a red Perodua Alza from the Patani Road police station at 2.47pm.
He did not offer to give any statements. The Northeast district police chief is expected to release a statement on his bail conditions.
Meanwhile, his counsel, T Tharuma, said Namewee was out on police bail and had to report to police tomorrow morning.
He said police should have let him go after the Magistrate’s Court registrar denied the remand extension earlier this morning.
He said handcuffing his client and taking him away from court, despite what was announced by the registrar may be in contempt of court.
Tharuma said police had earlier applied to extend his remand as “the matter had to be referred to the Attorney-General (AG)”.
“I told the registrar that if the prosecution had a case, they have up to 5pm to prosecute. But they did not.
“Instead, they asked for a remand order until 2pm tomorrow.
“‘Referring to the AG’ is not reason enough in law to bring it to court. Then you lead my client off in cuffs despite the registrar asking him to be freed — that is contempt of court,” he said when contacted.
The 33-year-old was arrested the moment he landed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport from Taiwan on Aug 21. He was later taken to Penang where he was held in police custody.
According to George Town Police Chief ACP Mior Faridalathrash Wahid, the arrest was part of an ongoing investigation into Namewee’s controversial music video “Oh My God”.
The four-minute clip, which was directed and produced by Namewee, with the participation of Taiwanese band Nine-One-One, was shot in several places of worship in Penang.
Malaysian police have also put out an Interpol notice for the Taiwanese band members to assist with the investigation.
A Hong Kong newspaper report, quoting the band’s manager, claimed the music video that got Namewee in trouble was leaked on the Internet by an unknown person. The manager said the final version did not have any “controversial” scenes.