The West Australian admits it erred

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/11/04/australian-daily-clarifies-report-on-najibs-daughter/

Screenshot of the clarification:

Moral of the story?
Always double check your facts.
Even The West Australian becomes less great when it fails the basic test of fact-checking.
Good thing the paper admits its error and runs a correction.
Most editors don't think twice about it.
What we would want to know is, who fed the paper with the lies about Najib's daughter and wife?
How did they let it go?

P.s. I have not checked, but has Keadilan News run the clarification and apologize for running the story without checking the facts?

Wisma's letter to The West Australian

Ah, Malaysiakini has published the clarifications. (Gotta give it to these guys. They can be pro. Steven, after all, is a bona fide journalist ...)

So, Rosmah didn't buy no pearls.
And Najib's daughter was not in Perth at all!

Told yer.
(Just waiting for Keadilan News to carry the clarification ...)

Read this article in yahoo! [updated Thurs 4pm]

Original article
 was told the consul general in perth sent a letter yesterday evening to the editor of the west ausralian, the newspaper that wrongly reported about najib's daughter's spending spree here.

Wlll try and get letter later. Boarding flight home now.

David Jones and Najib's daughter who was not here

WISMA MUST CLARIFY AUSTRALIAN PAPER'S REPORT. I am convinced it is a publicity stunt, that news The West Australian published alleging a daughter of Najib Razak's had spent 60 thousand Aussie dollars at David Jones. I went there this morning, curious, but in the end did not buy a single thing. I am regretting it; should have gotten that AUD125 Fahrenheit gift package for a friend (cologne for him, I could keep the shampoo and the deodorant). Truth is, there was not much that interested me - David Jones is so much like our Metro or Jusco, perhaps just a little bit upmarekt ...

In any case, and as I have said in my tweets last night, and as this blogger has also confirmed a couple of hours ago, none of Najib's daughters were here in Perth during the CHOGM, which ended in Sunday, so the newspaper got it wrong. Totally.

But Wisma Putra needs to set the record straight, not us. Our Consul General in Perth or High Commissioner in Canberra must inform the newspaper, officially. Wrong is wrong, mate...

And then we can get our local cyber boys and girls back home, from Malaysiakini to Keadilan Daily, to help set the record straight. I am sure they would not mind. But if Wisma does not set the record straight, a lie told repeatedly will be perceived s truth and they only have themselves to blame.