By Massita Ahmad
The Straits Times in Singapore has made
corrections to a report on its online and print versions which had been wrongly
attributed to Datuk Seri Azman Ujang, chairman of the Malaysian national news
agency, Bernama.
At the bottom of the online version, the
following note was added: " In our earlier story, we wrongly attributed to
Bernama news agency chairman Azman Ujang, a comment that the Barisan Nasional
is expected to face a tough election battle due to public unhappiness over government
scandals and cost-of-living issues. We are sorry for the error."
The same note was also seen on page two
of the newspaper under the "What it should have been" column.
The comment had earlier been attributed
to Azman who was with former Bernama chairman Datuk Seri Kalimullah Hassan at a
discussion on '60 Years of Merdeka: Quo Vadis, Malaysia' at the Regional
Outlook Forum 2018 organised by the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore
on Jan 9.
Azman Wednesday strongly denied the
report which quoted him as having said that the BN would face a tough battle in
the next general election 'due to public unhappiness over government scandals
and cost-of-living issues".
In issuing the denial, Azman said he had
told the forum that it would be easier for the BN to win this general election
compared to the previous two elections.
"I even quoted the findings of a
public opinion poll by the Merdeka Centre that the BN is poised to regain the
two-thirds majority that it lost in the 2008 and 2013 elections,'' he said.
The online version was published on Jan 9
with the headline 'Ruling coalition BN likely to retain federal power in
Malaysian election: Experts, while the printed version was published the next
day, entitled "Experts tell forum BN coalition expected to retain power in
Malaysia.
-- BERNAMA
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