MH370 'Cover Up': Malay Oppos. Leader Slams Investigators

The Malaysian government is hiding information, Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has stated, as reported Friday by the International Business Times, that also reports on the Taliban holding the 239 Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 passengers as hostages in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

(Photo: Anwar Ibrahim (left) with Secretary of Defense William Cohen (right) at meeting in the Pentagon. Credit: Wikipedia)

Accusations of a Malaysian cover-up continue as social media and Internet users along with some government leaders report a government conspiracy and cover-up, offering possible scenarios regarding whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines missing Boeing and 239 passengers. 

Malaysia’s radar system can detect any change of an aircraft’s course, according to Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim.  

Ibrahim has been a long-time advocate of greater accountability in Malaysia. As Minister of Education, Anwar was elected as the 25th President of UNESCO’s General Conference. In 1991, Anwar was appointed Minister of Finance. During his tenure as Finance Minister his impact was immediate; Malaysia enjoyed unprecedented prosperity and economic growth. Shortly after becoming Finance Minister,Euromoney named him as a top four finance minister and in 1996, Asiamoney named him Finance Minister of the Year. He refused to offer government bail-outs and instituted widespread spending cuts. These prescriptions saved the Malaysian economy and earned Anwar many accolades, including the Asian of the Year from Newsweek International.

“He added he was ‘baffled’ why the highly sophisticated Marconi radar system of Malaysia was unable to immediately detect Flight MH370′s deviation from its course,” reports International Business Times on Friday. ”He believed it was not possible that the missing plane could have crossed at least four Malaysia provinces without being detected by radar. He was firm in his belief that the ‘government knows more than us.’”

Malaysian authorities reportedly investigated the theory that the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 could have been navigated under the radar to the bases on the boarder of Afghanistan and North West Pakistan believed to be under the Taliban territory.

According to the Independent, Malaysian authorities had requested diplomatic permission. Four hours after the Flight MH370 went missing and lost ground control communications, the aircraft reportedly sent signals to a satellite.

A U.S. official who asked for anonymity, said the signals could have meant the Malaysian Airlines plan was still in the air for hundreds of kilometers or more, accoridng to IBT.

“Reports explored this possibility where large areas of the southern half of Afghanistan are controlled by Afghan Taliban, while some areas of northwest Pakistan, adjacent to or near to the Afghan border, are ruled by the Pakistani Taliban.” (IBT) 

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