Flight MH370: Malaysian government accused of 'cover-up'

The Malaysian government’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim now calls for an international committee to take over the Malaysian-led operation.

16:41 04 April 2014

Anwar Ibrahim, the Malaysian government’s leader of the opposition, has accused his nation’s government of ‘covering up’ the details of missing flight MH370 and slammed ministers for failing to share information on the plane’s fate. 

 

Mr Ibrahim, who was interviewed by Sky News, is now calling for an international committee to take over the Malaysia-led operation, saying: “the integrity of the whole nation is at stake.” 

 

He added that it could also be that the “complicity by authorities on the ground” may be part of the mystery of the missing plane. 

 

He said: "One fact remains. Clearly information critical to our understanding is deemed missing. I believe the government knows more than us.” 

 

He added that it was both unacceptable and not feasible that the plane had not been detected by sophisticated Marconi radar system immediately after it changed course. Also, he said that the country’s air force had “remained silent” and had not responded accordingly; something he had described as “baffling.” 

 

"We owe it to the grieving families to ... give them comfort and closure to this rather tragic event and the world expects us to do our level best.

 

"We want to find answers. We want to provide comfort to the families and we will not rest until answers are indeed found."