MH370: Cops search pilots’ homes March 16, 2014 Meanwhile the police are expected to issue an official statement later today with regards to the search. SHAH ALAM: Police were seen arriving at the residence of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the pilot of the Flight MH370 at about 2.42pm yesterday. This followed Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s press conference on the development of the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) aircraft. A check by Bernama noted that three plain clothed police personnel introduced themselves as coming from Bukit Aman police headquarters to the security guard manning the Laman Seri residence at Section 13 here before obtaining a security pass to go in. It was believed that the police have conducted a search at the pilot’s house and all of them were seen leaving the residence at about 4.46pm. Many media personnel, including from the foreign media, were not allowed by the security to enter the housing area. Meanwhile the police will issue an official statement on the inspection of Zaharie’s house at a media conference that is scheduled for today. “I cannot make any statement when investigation is still going on,” said a police spokesman. At around 8.07 pm, police were believed to have searched co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid’s home at Section 7 here for about an hour before leaving with at least two brown paper bags. They arrived at Fariq’s home in the same unmarked white multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), the same one that had entered Zaharie’s gated residence. Also seen outside the house were a grey coloured MPV and a Toyota Vios. A total of four men in civilian clothes from the white MPV as well as six other individuals, all believed to be police officers, entered the co-pilot’s house. The Beijing-bound Boeing 777-200ER aircraft with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board vanished from radar about an hour after leaving the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12.41am last Saturday. -Bernama
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 11:25:48 +0000