‘Malaysia Concealing Missing Jet Information’

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Malaysia’s opposition leader accuses the government of deliberately concealing information about missing flight MH370.

Anwar Ibrahim, who personally knew the pilot of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, called for an international committee to take over the Malaysian-led operation, saying “the integrity of the whole nation is at stake”.

He indicated it was even possible that there was “complicity by authorities on the ground” in what happened to the plane and the 239 people on board.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, he said it was “not only unacceptable but not possible, not feasible” that the plane had not been sighted by the Marconi radar system immediately after it changed course.

He claimed the radar would have instantly detected the jet as it travelled east to west across “at least four” Malaysian provinces.

Mr Anwar told the newspaper it was “baffling” that the country’s air force had “remained silent”, and suggested that it “should take three minutes under SOP (standard operating procedure) for the air force planes to go. And there was no response”.

His comments follow a pledge made by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his Australia counterpart Tony Abbott that no effort would be spared to give the families of those on board the answers they need.

The two countries are heading multinational efforts in the Indian Ocean in the hunt for debris to solve the mystery of the jet…. see more

source: skynews

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