Fake report on MH370 pilot in Taiwan fools some people


This file photo taken on Feb 26, 2007 shows a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft on the tarmac of the KL International Airport in Sepang. - AFP

PETALING JAYA: Some Malaysians have fallen for a fake news report that the captain of missing Malaysian Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 has “mysteriously reappeared” in Taiwan.

The satirical news report claiming Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah had reappeared went viral on social media after Malaysians began sharing it.

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