Debris found in Maldives undergoing due process — Transport Minister

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SHAH ALAM: The pieces of debris found in Maldives, believed to be parts from the missing Malaysia Airlines

Flight MH370 aircraft, are currently undergoing due process before being brought back to Malaysia for analysis by international experts, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

He said currently the Malaysian investigation team, led by Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, was in Maldives to inspect the objects.

“If need be, we will bring the parts to carry out further verification.

“The parts are undergoing due process for them to be released and brought back to Malaysia for further identification and verification,” he told a news conference after officiating the Nissan 4S Centre at Glenmarie here yesterday.

The minister, however, said it was “highly premature” to speculate at this juncture on whether the debris were in any way connected to the Malaysia Airlines jetliner which disappeared from radar on March 8 last year en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

On Aug 6, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced that a flaperon found on the French Reunion Island was from MH370. Liow said Malaysia had also sent another team to Reunion Island to work with the local authorities and search for more debris.

“We hope to find more debris in that island. We are looking for more proof and debris in the nearby island countries,” he said.

On another note, Liow said it was still early to speculate whether some of the debris recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine may be fragments of a Russian-made missile system. — Bernama