IGP: Truth about MH370's fate will stay unknown until wreckage is found

KUALA LUMPUR: It is hard to get to the truth of what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as long as the aircraft or its wreckage is not found, says Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.

The Inspector-General of Police, who was part of the investigation team then, said the police investigated the case from all angles, including theories of terrorism and hijacking.

"We collected various information and facts regarding the missing airplane.

"The case might be reopened if the aircraft is found," he told a press conference on Thursday (Feb 19).

He was asked to comment on the claim by former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, that Malaysia's top leadership from the outset considered the disappearance of MH370 in 2014 a mass murder-suicide by the pilot.

The IGP said Abbott had the right to share with the media what he claimed he was told by Malaysia's top leadership.

"However, in terms of the law, I cannot comment further as long as the airplane has not been found," he said.

It was reported that Abbott had said: "my very clear understanding from the very top levels of the Malaysian government is that from very, very early on here they thought it was a murder-suicide by the pilot."

Abbott said this in a clip from a documentary which aired on Wednesday (Feb 19) on Sky News.

He also declined to name any individuals to support his claim.