The police have described a report claiming that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah made a phone call from the cockpit of MH370 prior to take off on March 8 as mere speculation.
Asked to comment on news published by UK-based The Sun, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar replied in a text message: “This is all speculation”.
Zaharie has become one of the focal points of the investigation to determine what happened to the Boeing 777 en route to Beijing with 239 people on board.
UK-based The Sun reported that investigators are trying to establish who the pilot spoke to in the minutes before the flight took off from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 12.41am.
Prior to this, the pilot’s self-constructed flight simulator had also been seized, with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) also being involved in retrieving deleted data.
Khalid also said that there are no new developments with regard to this. “Nothing yet,” he stated.
Last week, a British tabloid claimed that Zaharie, a PKR member, was a fervent supporter of Anwar Ibrahim and a “political fanatic”.
It also claimed that he was present in court when Anwar was convicted of sodomy and slapped with a five-year-sentence, hours before MH370's departure.
However, PKR leaders denied this and warned against any attempts to link Anwar or the opposition to the plane’s disappearance.
Probed for FB 'Likes' by pilot
In another development, local Chinese dailies reported that a college student from Kedah had been quizzed by police since Zaharie had been repeatedly clicking ‘Like’ with regard to herFacebook postings.
Kuala Muda police chief ACP Khalil Ariffin confirmed the matter toSin Chew but declined to elaborate.
In a Facebook post, the student revealed that her statement had been recorded at the police station from 6.45pm to 9.15pm.
Writing in Chinese, she stated: “The police found that he (Zaharie) has been clicking ‘Like’ and commenting on my Facebook pictures but it does not mean I know him. This really doesn’t make any sense.”
“I have to state it clear here, I’m just a student, a nobody. The police has found that I’m not related to this case. I hope the police will stop disturbing innocent netizens like us again,” she added.
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