The West Australian akui silap siar artikel anak PM

The West Australian akui silap siar artikel anak PM

KUALA LUMPUR 4 Nov. - Akhbar The West Australian semalam mengakui kesilapannya berhubung penyiaran artikel yang mendakwa anak perempuan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak membelanjakan sebanyak $60,000 (RM194,157) di sebuah pusat beli belah di Perth semasa Perdana Menteri menghadiri Mesyuarat Ketua-Ketua Kerajaan Komanwel (CHOGM) di Perth, baru-baru ini.

Dalam ruangan pembetulan dan penjelasan yang diterbitkan, akhbar berkenaan turut mengesahkan bahawa anak perempuan Perdana Menteri juga tidak berada di Perth dan ini bercanggah dengan laporan yang mereka siarkan pada Isnin lepas.

Kenyataan akhbar itu boleh dilayari menerusi portal akhbar The Borneo Post yang menerima salinan halaman tersebut yang diemelkan oleh wartawan ekonominya, Neale Prior.

The West Australian juga menyebut adalah menjadi polisi akhbar itu untuk memperbetulkan setiap kesilapan mereka seboleh yang mungkin.

Semalam, Najib dalam Twitter terbaharunya menjelaskan bahawa anak perempuannya bukan berada di Australia semasa beliau menghadiri CHOGM di Perth, baru-baru ini.

Beliau berkata orang ramai sepatutnya tidak terpedaya atau terbabit menyebarkan pembohongan.

Ulasan beliau adalah berikutan penerbitan satu artikel dalam sebuah akhbar Australia yang mendakwa anak perempuannya membelanjakan $60,000 (RM194,157) di sebuah pusat beli belah di Perth, lokasi CHOGM.

Laporan itu juga menyebut: "Seorang wanita pertama diketahui telah membeli mutiara bernilai $150,000 (RM485,476)." Bagaimanapun, ia tidak menamakan individu yang menjadi tanda tanya.
(sumber;http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=1105&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Muka_Hadapan&pg=mh_04.htm)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The West Australian clarifies that PM’s daughter was not in Perth
Posted on November 5, 2011, Saturday


Image from The West Australian
Aussie newspaper admits it was wrong


Australian newspaper clarifies PM’s daughter not in PerthKUCHING: Perth newspaper The West Australian has published a clarification admitting it wrongly reported that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s daughter had gone on a shopping spree during the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) there.
On Monday, The West Australian had claimed that Najib’s daughter spent A$60,000 (RM180,000) in high-end department store David Jones.

The paper printed a retraction in its Letters page on Thursday under the heading ‘Corrections and Clarifications’ that: “The West Australian acknowledges that this was not the case and that Najib’s daughter was not in Perth at the time.”

A Portable Document Format (PDF) copy of the page was emailed to The Borneo Post by The West Australian business journalist Neale Prior. This was in reply to an email from The Borneo Post seeking a clarification on the report.
The West Australian also said its policy is “to correct significant errors as quickly as possible”.

Readers are directed to contact the readers’ editor by mail at The Readers’ Editor, The West Australian, 50 Hasler Road, Osborne Park WA 6017, or sending a fax to +61-8-94823177, or emailing reader@wanews.com.au.

Complainants are requested to include the headline, page number and date of publication of the report in their correspondence, as well as telephone number.
On Wednesday, Najib tweeted a denial over the news report that his wife and daughter had shopped excessively during his Perth visit to attend CHOGM.

The Prime Minister, who is in Mecca to perform the haj, had replied to a question in a tweet on Wednesday saying, “Don’t believe and spread lies. My daughter was not even in Australia and my wife did not buy any jewellery.”

The Malaysian Consul-general in Perth Hamidah Ashari had written to The West Australian’s editor on Tuesday, saying her office was appalled upon reading the article ‘Delegates go shopping, sightseeing’ published in the Oct 31 issue.
She said Najib’s daughter was not part of the Prime Minister’s delegation attending CHOGM, nor was she in Perth at that time.

The false report had been circulating online, particularly on opposition sites.


Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/11/05/the-west-australian-clarifies-that-pms-daughter-was-not-in-perth/#ixzz1cna3c5mE
(sumber;http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/11/05/the-west-australian-clarifies-that-pms-daughter-was-not-in-perth/)