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title: "Singapore Boleh? CNA apologises for displaying the wrong flag for 9 SEA countries"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/cna-apologises-displaying-wrong-flag-9-sea-countries/
date: 2022-05-12
modified: 2022-05-12
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author: "S.Y Lee"
description: "HANOI - Singaporean media Channel NewsAsia (CNA) was left red-faced after a photo of the wrong flag being assigned to nine countries during its SEA Games 2021 coverage went viral..."
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# Singapore Boleh? CNA apologises for displaying the wrong flag for 9 SEA countries

**HANOI** - Singaporean media Channel NewsAsia (CNA) was left red-faced after a photo of the wrong flag being assigned to nine countries during its SEA Games 2021 coverage went viral online today.

![May be an image of text that says "2 7 10 8 3 2 5 3 1 1 6 7 SEA GAMES 2021 COUNTRY VIETNAM MALAYSIA INDONESIA PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE THAILAND BRUNEI CAMBODIA LAOS MYANMAR TIMOR LESTE ٨ Acna cna motorcyclist M 1 2 8 1 11 tried to orbe traffic po"](https://scontent.fkul10-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/280173979_108842048493582_6251261869630462679_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-6&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=LizvvbJPPtMAX8H5NRj&_nc_ht=scontent.fkul10-1.fna&oh=00_AT_wg9yApEEuHjsEoRCKzC7_t5K6spIJvh_Z_Fn2n-I4TA&oe=6281FAA7)Photo via Facebook/ [Singapore Incidents](https://www.facebook.com/Singapore-Incidents-101224389255348/?__tn__=-UC*F)

In the photo, Singapore was given Malaysia's *Jalur Gemilang* while Indonesia's flag was replaced by Thailand's.

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## CNA says sorry

Thankfully, the error was broadcasted for less than a minute before CNA realised its grave mistake and took it down.

It also posted a public apology on Facebook expressing its regret over the error.

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/lADPGSyflUbxWbjNAlfNBDE_1073_599.jpg)

> **We made a mistake in our SEA Games medal tally table which aired on Asia First on CNA at around 7.50am this morning. **
>
> **It falls short of the professional standards that we expect of ourselves and we extend a sincere apology to our viewers. We will strive to do better.**

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Cover images via Facebook/ [Singapore Incidents](https://www.facebook.com/Singapore-Incidents-101224389255348/?__tn__=-UC*F)