The Singapore prime minister was named as Lee Hsien Loong, the former prime minister, instead of Lawrence Wong.

Similarly, the Thai prime minister was named as Srettha Thavisin, who stepped down a year ago, instead of Anutin Charnvirakul, who took office last month.

The errors were made by RTM’s commentators during the live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Asean Summit meeting this morning.

The broadcasting department’s apologies for the blunders came in two separate statements this evening.

It followed an apology earlier today over a similar blunder in naming the Indonesian president as Joko Widodo, instead of his successor, Prabowo Subianto.

The broadcasting department said RTM took the matter seriously and that appropriate action had been taken.

RTM would continue to strengthen its editorial oversight and fact-checking processes to ensure the accuracy and integrity of all information disseminated to the public, the statement said.

The opening ceremony, chaired by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, was attended by all Asean leaders.