KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 — After weeks of legal uncertainty, Malaysian rapper Namewee has returned to the public eye with the release of his new Chinese New Year single.

The release comes after his acquittal at the Magistrates Court last month, against the backdrop of police investigations into the death of Taiwanese influencer Hsieh Yu-hsin, also known online as Iris Hsieh or “Nurse Goddess”.