IGP denies MH370 pilot murder-suicide report
Published on: Friday, July 29, 2016
Putra Jaya: Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has denied a report by New York Magazine last week that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 may have been a pilot murder-suicide. He said the police had not provided any information to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or other parties regarding the ongoing probe. "The investigation is still ongoing and will only be concluded once the black box is found and analysed.
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"Until that time, everything else is speculation," he said at a press conference after closing the 36th Asean Chiefs of Police (Aseanapol) conference at the Putrajaya Mariott hotel here Thursday.When asked about the report that claimed MH370 pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's flight simulator at his house had a similar route to that of the route allegedly taken by the missing plane, Khalid declined to confirm or deny. "I am not saying there was such a route, even my son's home simulator has routes all over the world. So it means nothing," he said.
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Khalid also denied the report that claimed the plane dived into the ocean at 400km per hour. "It is all speculative." Meanwhile, Khalid said while there is no law against planting Kratom or "ketum" as it is commonly known, owning, distributing and processing the plant is a crime.
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He said ketum had properties that could intoxicate, which was why those who consumed it could be charged under the Poisons Act 1952."If anybody wants to use ketum for its pharmaceutical value, they would need permission from the Health Ministry," he said.He was commenting on the proposal made by the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) to plant ketum on a commercial scale.Earlier Thursday, Rural and Regional Development Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Risda's proposal should be studied first as selling ketum water was an offence under the Poisons Act 1952.Ismail Sabri said he would instruct Risda's Director-General Mohd Najib A Samad to submit a report on the matter.Last Tuesday, Risda Chairman Zahidi Zainul Abidin said the agency would submit a request to the Government for approval to plant ketum as a means of helping increase the income of rubber smallholders due to the high demand for the leaves in the US and Europe.Kratom or Mitragyna speciosa is a tree native to Southeast Asia.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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