Opposition leader accuses Malaysian government of MH370 cover-up
Anwar Ibrahim tells British newspaper Malaysian government is 'concealing information' on fate of Flight MH370 missing since March 8
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Friday accused the government of hiding information on missing flight MH370, telling Britain’s that the country’s radar system would have detected any change of course.
His comments came just a day after Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak vowed increased efforts to find the plane."We want to find answers. We want to provide comfort to the families and we will not rest until answers are indeed found," Najib said, as he thanked those involved in the search.
On Friday, the Australian head of the agency co-ordinating the searching for the missing jet said two ships using US Navy equipment would begin an underwater hunt for the jet’s black boxes.
Angus Houston, said a towed pinger locator had been put on the Australian ship the Ocean Shield and it would converge with the British HMS Echo in an effort to locate the black boxes before their batteries were exhausted.
Anwar, who recently had his acquittal on sodomy charges overturned in what he claims is a political smear, said he was “baffled” why the sophisticated Marconi radar system that he authorised as finance minister in 1994 had failed to immediately detect the plane’s deviation.
“I beleive the government knows more than us.”
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went missing in the early hours of March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board.
