Malaysian political opposition leaders lashed out at the government Sunday over its handling of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, saying it was trying to use the crisis to crack down on political parties.
“Recent allegations in certain media that the pilots had a role in the disappearance of MH370 plane is totally speculative and it is irresponsible to make insinuation without verified information,” Tian Chua, vice president of the opposition People's Justice Party, known as Keadilan, said in a statement.
He said the government shouldn't use the jet’s disappearance “as a pretext or opportunity to implicate or frame” opposition parties.
"We have consistently denounced violence and any form of terrorism," Tian Chua added.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Najib Razak said the Boeing 777-200's transponder and communications were turned off and the aircraft veered from its flight plan as a result of “deliberate action by someone on the plane.”
He stopped short of saying the plane was hijacked but said the crew and passengers would be a focus of the investigation.
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