KONTAN.CO.ID - Menteri Pemuda dan Olahraga (Menpora) Malaysia Khairy Jamaluddin menyampaikan permohonan maaf atas kesalahan cetak bendera Indonesia di buku panduan SEA Games 2017. Bendera Indonesia yang tercetak terbalik terdapat di halaman ke-80 buku panduan SEA Games 2017. 

Warna bendera Indonesia yang seharusnya merah putih, berganti menjadi putih merah layaknya bendera Polandia. Di bawah bendera tersebut tertulis tahun ketika Indonesia menjadi tuan rumah SEA Games yaitu 1979, 1987, 1997 dan 2011.

"Bapak Imam, please accept my sincere apologies for this. Sesungguhnya tiada niat jahat. Saya amat kesal dengan kesilapan ini. Mohon maaf," tulis Jamaluddin lewat akun Twitter-nya.

Panitia penyelenggara Sea Games 2017 pun menyatakan permintaan maaf lewat siaran pers di website resmi Sea Games Kuala Lumpur. Berikut pernyataan panitia penyelenggara: 

STATEMENT ON THE ISSUE OF THE INDONESIAN FLAG IN THE OFFICIAL SOUVENIR BOOK FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 29TH SEA GAMES

WE refer to the Kuala Lumpur 2017 Souvenir Special Book which was issued for the Opening Ceremony of the 29th SEA Games.

We would like to sincerely apologise to the people of Indonesia for the inadvertent error of publishing the wrong flag for Indonesia.

The Chairman of the Malaysian SEA Games Organising Committee and Minister of Youth and Sports YB Brig Gen Khairy Jamaluddin will be having a courtesy call with his Indonesian counterpart Imam Nahrawi tomorrow to apologise again on behalf of the Committee.

We very much regret the mistake and trust the strong bond between the two countries will further strengthen in the spirit of the SEA Games.

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