His later film, “Banglasia”, was banned by the authorities because it allegedly made light of national security issues.
Muar-born Namewee, or Wee Meng Chee, has never been far from controversy since bursting onto the national entertainment scene in 2007.
Now, with hypermarkets, shopping malls and calendar-makers avoiding “religiously sensitive” canine images in the Year of the Dog, trust him to come out with a video featuring the animal celebrated in the Chinese Zodiac.
Entitled “Like a Dog”, the three-minute video shows Namewee seated on a chair in the square fronting the Prime Minister’s Department building in Putrajaya, singing about how dogs are supposed to bark around the world.
While he sings, dancers wearing rubber masks shaped like dogs heads prance in the background.
As per usual in his videos, there is a bite in his lyrics.
Although he imitates the sounds of the supposed different kinds of barks of dogs in other countries, the Malaysian dog yaps “mari mari, wang wang” (come come, money money), believed to be a sly reference to corruption in the country.
The video has been shared more than 700 times on Facebook and garnered nearly 240,000 views on YouTube.
The video ends with the sound of a police car siren while Namewee and his dancers flee the scene.