Cops quiz 12 MAHB staff

PETALING JAYA: Police have recorded statements from 12 Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) staff in connection with the disruption of the systems at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) last month.

Bernama reported KLIA police chief ACP Zulkifli Adamsah as

saying that among the staff was a woman involved in handling the systems and that KLIA’s systems providers would also be called soon to facilitate investigations.

Selangor deputy police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Ab Rashid Ab Wahab confirmed that police would record the statements of more individuals to assist with the probe.

“The case is ongoing and we are still in the midst of gathering statements from several witnesses. Investigators will be recording statements of more people in the coming days, ” he said.

ACP Zulkifli said police would be meticulous in the case to ensure that no aspect was overlooked.

“The case involves a lot of sophisticated and technical issues, so please allow us time to conduct the investigation, ” he said.

The case is classified under Section 427 of the Penal Code for committing mischief and in the process, damaging public property, he added.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke recently announced the formation of the committee to investigate the failure of KLIA’s Total Airport Management System on Aug 26 following a disruption to the system on Aug 21, resulting in flight cancellations and delays that caused disruptions to passengers over several days.

On Aug 26, MAHB CEO Raja Azmi Raja Nazuddin said MAHB was not ruling out the possibility that the network failure was caused by an “act of malicious intent”.

MAHB was also reported to have lodged a police report following the systems disruption on Aug 27.

A systems breakdown beginning on Aug 21 resulted in flight delays and cancellations and long queues at check-in counters as airport staff reverted to manual operations.

It affected the main functions such as WiFi connections, the flight information display system, check-in counters and the baggage-handling system.