Zam: I did not accuse PMO of lying
Former minister Zainuddin Maidin has not accused the Prime Minister's Office of lying about the government jet used by Najib Abdul Razak.
In a blog posting, he said Malaysiakini had wrongly attributed the quotes to him in the article 'Ex-minister accuses PM's Office of lying about jet' published yesterday, which gave an impression to the contrary.
He also referred to a quote, attributed to him, which read, "After reading the PMO's reply, I find it hard to believe them. Is the PMO telling the truth? I doubt it."
"This report is wrong," said Zainuddin.
"This is not my comment but that of a reader (who posted it) under the title 'Justifikasi penggunaan pesawat kerajaan oleh PM (PM’s justification on using government jet)," he said.
Zainuddin explained that he had published the comment at the top of his blog in order to give it prominence.
Editor's note: Malaysiakini regrets the error and has made the necessary changes to the abovementioned article.
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