At 3.35pm on June 5, 2014, Malaysiakini published an article entitled ‘ PKR top leaders implicated in bribery claim ’.

The article was based on a written complaint by suspended PKR member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as ‘Chegubard’. Badrul had alleged, among others, that party election appeal board chairperson Abdul Malek Hussin had rejected a bribe by Kota Raja division chief Dr Xavier Jayakumar and his “boss”.

Malaysiakini confirms that at the time of publication of the said article, it had not ascertained the truth of the source information and verified the same prior to its publication. Due to this fact, Malaysiakini sincerely regrets the publication of the said article which has the effect of tarnishing and seriously damaging the reputation of Dr Xavier Jayakumar.

Malaysiakini takes this opportunity to apologise to Dr Xavier Jayakumar for the publication of the article in question.