Utusan apologises over fake Catholic priest conversion story


PETALING JAYA: Utusan Malaysia has posted a public apology on its website over a fake story about a Catholic priest who converted to Islam after waking from a coma.

“A report taken from the World News Daily Report regarding a catholic priest from Spain, Eduardo Vincenzo Maria Gomez, 87, converting to Islam after 17 months in a coma is untrue. Utusan apologises for any inconvenience and confusion following the publication of news emanating from the site,” the daily posted on its website, Sunday.

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