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Malaysia narrows criminal probe to crew of missing flight-report
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MALAYSIA is focusing its criminal investigation on the cabin crew and pilots of a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, after clearing all 227 passengers of any involvement, the country's police chief was reported as saying on Wednesday.
National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the passengers had been cleared of possible involvement in hijacking, sabotage or having personal or psychological problems that could have been connected to the flight's disappearance on March 8, Reuters reported.
"They have been cleared of the four," he was quoted as saying by state news agency Bernama.
Khalid could not be reached by Reuters for comment and the country's home minister declined to confirm the report.
Malaysian Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said Wednesday that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a criminal investigation, and there were things they could not share, according to local newspaper New Straits Times.
"We are investigating based on the four areas of focus ( personal and psychological problems, sabotage and hijacking)," Khalid said at a press conference after opening the Royal Malaysian Police Quality and Innovation Seminar 2014.
He said until now there had been about 170 statements recorded from family members of the passengers and crew on board the missing jetliner.
Khalid said the investigators did have some clues of what happened, but they would not reveal anything as the investigation was ongoing.
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