At 5.20am on 8 March, an unnamed Captain, based on known information, felt that MH370 “never left Malaysian airspace”. But the search and rescue in the Straits of Malacca was only carried out more than five hours later, after 10.30am (though the South China Sea search had begun earlier that day).
The Captain’s name was edited out of the preliminary report that was released.
A chemical leak from cargo on board a Malaysia Airlines A330 plane en route from Beijing to Chennai in 2000 caused such extensive damage that the plane was deemed unfit for future use. The cargo reportedly had been inaccurately declared.
NNR Global Logistics (M) Sdn Bhd, the shipper of the “lithium ion batteries” on MH370, is part of the Japanese Nishitetsu Group, which claims itself a “world leader in international logistics”.
We were earlier told that the plane was carrying 200kg of lithium ion batteries. And then we were told on 22 March 2014 that they were not lithium ion batteries. But now we see that the consolidated airway bill below from the MH370 cargo manifest states indeed there were lithium ion batteries and the weight stated was 2453kg.
About 200 people gathered for a Workers’ Day rally in an open space in Butterworth opposite one of the oldest factories in the state to protest against the GST. Many others who would otherwise have attended the gathering had travelled to KL for the mammoth GST rally that afternoon.
That’s according to a survey by Merdeka Centre. The results are no real surprise.
A Workers’ Day gathering is scheduled to begin at 10.00am in Butterworth. Workers are expected to register their opposition to the impending Goods and Services Tax. I hope to bring you some live updates.
This is the concluding part of a media statement issued by the Penang Forum Steering Committee on 3 April 2014.
Anwar Ibrahim has highlighted an Edge report that raised the question as to why 1MDB has parked RM18bn in the Cayman Islands and not brought it back to Malaysia?
Without a land revaluation surplus of RM2.7bn, 1MDB would have posted a loss of RM1.8bn in 2013, pointed out Anwar, citing the Edge report.
Anwar’s statement follows: