XSLT to remove namespace is failing because of invalid character in xml

[raiashwinikumar]

I have a soap to rest api and default xslt to remove namespace is failing because of invalid characters in response. @Dino @Anil Sagar

<ns2:Memo>31195
�@*</ns2:Memo> 

Is there anyway this can be handled using javascript or XSLT. We are not bothered about what is inside of that XML. We just want to remove the namespace, transform it to JSON and send to client. We just want to remove the namespace, transform it to JSON and send to client.