NSTP Chairman apologises

"I should have checked". The NSTP chairman, who misinformed the company's AGM last Thursday [here] about the absent Deputy Chairman's whereabouts, sent blogger-publisher A. Kadir Jasin another SMS yesterday after reading this blog.

“Dear Datuk, I saw your piece in Rocky’s Bru just now. I gave you a short reply yesterday because I thought a long story was not necessary. But since you put a question at the end about somebody in the NSTP management not giving me the correct information, I have to clarify in full. Nobody in NSTP gave me the wrong info. The mistake was mine. I should have checked on the latest first before informing the AGM.
The actual events are as follows:
On Saturday, 13th I called on Dato’ Kali to enquire after his health. He told me his Pantai Dr wanted him to rest in Pantai for a week to relieve the pain developing on his neck. He was going there soon.
When Dato’ Kali was not able to attend I assumed he was resting in Pantai, and informed the AGM accordingly.
Actually that was not the case. When I got your msg that he was not checked into Pantai, I checked with NSTP, and they gave me the correct information, which was that he had to go for physio to Pantai that morning. The mistake, therefore, is all mine and I apologise. The information was given in good faith.”