Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia has apologised to Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim over its report of a disgruntled PKR member hurling insults at him.

This concerns Utusan 's article last Saturday ' Khalid Ibrahim dimaki ahli PKR cabang Kuala Selangor ' (Khalid Ibrahim scolded by Kuala Selangor PKR branch member).

" Utusan Malaysia regrets the article's publication that has caused unease to Abdul Khalid Ibrahim and sincerely apologises to Abdul Khalid Ibrahim for the mistake, which was not done on purpose and any inconvenience or embarrassment to Abdul Khalid Ibrahim arising from the article," it said.

The apology was buried on page 8 in a small column simply titled 'Apology' and promised not to repeat such reports against Abdul Khalid.

" Utusan Malaysia also takes an undertaking not to publish or to cause to be publish the words in the article entitled 'Khalid Ibrahim dimaki ahli PKR' or similar contents," it added.

This comes exactly a week after Utusan advised online news portal Malaysiakini to practise responsible journalism .