Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah orders a probe into the incident.
The Malaysian Basketball Association has accepted full responsibility and apologised for displaying a wrong Malaysian flag during the opening ceremony of a basketball match last night.
In a Facebook posting last night, Maba wrote:"To all our fellow Malaysians and basketball friends, tonight was the opening ceremony of the 28th MABA Milo Lum Mun Chak Cup . “Please forgive us, as we are always striving to grow and develop the sport of basketball in Malaysia."“I have directed for this incident to be investigated,” tweeted the minister.
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