KUALA LUMPUR: Sin Chew Daily's chief editor and deputy chief sub-editor have been summoned by Bukit Aman on Thursday (April 17) in connection with an error in the Jalur Gemilang featured on their front page illustration.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said both individuals were expected to go to the Bukit Aman CID Special Investigation Unit (USJT) headquarters at about 1pm.
"We will record their statements today to assist with the ongoing investigation.
"We are investigating under Section 4(1)(b) of the Printing Presses and Publishing Act 1984," he said when contacted on Thursday (April 17).
"So far, we have received 40 police reports lodged, thus we have commenced with the investigation.
Sin Chew Daily had earlier issued an apology in three languages for an error in their front-page illustration.
The apology was made in English, Bahasa Malaysia, and Chinese.
According to a statement from the Chinese daily, the illustration inadvertently omitted the crescent from the Malaysian flag published on Tuesday (April 15).
"This was an unintentional error made during the design process. We have amended the digital version, and the same notice will be published in the print version. We apologise unreservedly to our readers, members of the Malaysian community, and the general public. We regret the error," it said.
