We apologise for factual errors made in Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: On the “Allah” judgement and in the Shape of a Pocket column entitled Wishing for another 13 May.
May 2012
We had originally reported that Joanne de Rozario co-hosted ntv7’s The Breakfast Show with Aishah Sinclair. There are actually two other hosts for the show, Nazrudin Rahman and Hansen Lee, that we were not informed about at the point of fact and quote checking.
We were also erroneous in saying that she is still the TV station’s head of production for the news and current affairs department.
Why should we trust you, Prime Minister?
Shape of a Pocket by Jacqueline Ann Surin
IT’s hard to trust the prime minister, no matter if public approval for him has risen following a slew of government handouts. It’s not just because the seasoned journalist in me has seen more than my fair share of untrustworthy politicians. Trust, as we often hear and know to be true, has to be earned. Prime […]
January 2011
TO the question about which story about his ancestry was accurate, Datuk Seri Nazir Razak replied that he thought it was the “later” one, not “latter” one which was originally published.
Nazir Razak: Diversity is our strength
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
Updated at 4:45pm, 27 Jan 2011 Corrected at 10am, 25 Jan 2011 “WHEN the word ‘Malaysian’ comes to me, I always think of diversity,” Datuk Seri Nazir Razak says at the CIMB headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, where he is the bank’s group chief executive. It is our diversity, he adds, that has allowed us to […]
August 2010
“Syariah court has no legitimacy for non-Muslims” (Corrected 11.35am, 25 Aug 2010) We wrongly published this quote “Although the Latifah Mat Zin case was pointed out to the Court of Appeal, it appears that the court chose to overlook it.” Lawyer K Shanmuga had asked for it to be removed in the quote check because […]
April 2010
Nasharudin Mat Isa (Bachok), Corrected at 10.45am, 9 April 2010 We inadvertently published that Nasharudin Mat Isa’s parliamentary constituency was Bachok Baru. It’s Bachok. We apologise for the human error. By-elections and bumiputeraism, Corrected at 2.59pm, 16 April 2010 The first ground rule was initially summarised as “Bumiputeraism (with emphasis on the poor).” The error […]
December 2009
Appeal Court’s ruling on MACC wrong Corrected 3.40pm, 22 Dec 2009 The acronym for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission was mistakenly written as MAAC. It should be MACC. We apologise for our error. Double-standard policing Corrected 3.40pm, 11 Dec 2009 Senior lawyer Christopher Leong has clarified that he was the chairperson of the organising committee of […]
Saya Anak Bangsa M’sia on road show
PETALING JAYA, 6 Nov 2009: The public’s response to programmes by Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM) has been more encouraging than from political parties, a SABM core group member said. Jayanath Appudurai said “grassroots response has been very encouraging” to previous public activities organised by SABM. However, in a recent attempt to engage political parties […]
“Declassify all PKFZ-related documents”
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Nov 2009: The government was today asked to declassify all documents related to the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) to provide a clearer picture on the scandalous mega project. PKR strategic director Tian Chua (PKR-Batu) and William Leong (PKR-Selayang), in calling for the declassification, said the real culprits behind the scandal might […]
