TV3 says sorry for calling Kamala Harris 'daughter of an illegal immigrant’


PUTRAJAYA: Local television channel TV3 has apologised over a news report that erroneously called United States vice president-elect Kamala Harris the daughter of an illegal immigrant.

“Referring to a Buletin 1.30 news yesterday, we would like to apologise for an oversight on US vice president-elect Kamala Harris. She is actually the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, and not as reported.

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