Don't rely on Wikipedia for information

At breakfast yesterday morning, someone mentioned about our so-called First Couple. A friend mentioned about the recent wedding of Najib's daughter, and I said she is Rosmah's, especially having read about the controversies concerning whether it was private or official. But another friend said, no, she is Najib's first wife's daughter. I said I can easily check to see who is right. I didn't mean to be nosey but more out of curiosity and to test my memory, so I searched online just to get the facts right.

According to Wikipedia:

On Rosmah Mansor:

"She married Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak in 1987 and the couple has two children - Nooryana Najwa and Norashman Razak. In addition to them, Rosmah also has three other children - Azrene Soraya (first marriage), and two other children from her second marriage with Abdul Aziz Nong Chik."

On Najib Tun Razak:

"In 1976 Najib married Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar ('Kui Yie') with whom he has three children: Mohd Nizar Najib (born 1978), Mohd Nazifuddin Najib and Puteri Norlisa Najib. In 1987 he divorced Ku Yie and married Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor with whom he has two children: Mohd Norashman Najib and Nooryana Najwa Najib. This is Rosmah's second marriage as well. She has two children from her previous marriage to Farid Ismeth Emir who was a former TV news presenter and currently a general manager in a trading company."

According to an article on Stress Control, among the items on the list, the following caught my attention:

"5. If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague."

I wonder if the above rule applies in the surprising vagueness of details (especially numbers do not add up) concerning our First Couple. I am surprised nobody in our PM's overstaffed office bothered to correct the misinformation.

By the way, my sister-in-law just mentioned about her husband's complaint that some of his medical students treat Wikipedia as if it is an authoritative source for medical information!

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