Mystery of MH370 : I never believed foreign media's negative reports

PUTRAJAYA: The father of a Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 passenger, Zamani Zakaria, says he had never believed speculation by the foreign media about the missing aircraft since the first day of the mishap.

Zamani, 56, father of Mohd Razahan, 23, said his family only relied on information from the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and the Malaysian authorities.

 

"But sometimes the speculation affected our emotion, they should not accuse the Malaysian government without any proof," he said when asked to comment on several foreign media reports on the aircraft which went missing on March 8.

 

He stressed that the foreign media should not arbitrarily make accusations in the current situation whereby the search and rescue (SAR) operation was being rigorously conducted by Malaysia and 26 other countries.

 

Zamani said SAR which had entered the 24th day also showed MAS was always in contact with them to inform the latest development.

 

A local newspaper reported today that the eldest child of the pilot of MH370, Aisyah Zaharie, 28, had expressed anger and disappointment over the report by a foreign portal, Daily Mail, which she claimed slandered her father.

 

The newspaper report quoted Aishah's Facebook as saying 'Slander is worse than murder. I will not forgive you', when referring to the report.

 

Meanwhile, Zamani, when asked about his wife Kamariah Sharif's condition said, she believes her son-in-law and daughter Norli Akmar Hamid, 33, were still alive because there was no proof to link the objects found at sea, to MH370. -BERNAMA