MH370: Minister says Chinese press ‘fueled’ anger towards Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 ― Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi blamed the Chinese media today for fueling the anger of families in Beijing towards the Malaysian authorities over the MH370 tragedy
The Home Minister said it was the "Chinese language papers" and "print media’s” coverage of the crisis that led to such criticism of Malaysia but stopped short of specifying if he was referring to the local press or news organisations from China. “The writings of most of these Chinese-language papers have played on sentiments and have fueled the anger of relatives of the passengers from China who were on board MH370,” Ahmad Zahid said during his winding up speech on the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong's royal address in Parliament here. He said the attacks against the Malaysian government was grossly unfair, and stressed that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was doing everything humanly possible to “solve the problem.” “It has to be pointed out that this incident was an accident, and no one ever wanted this to happen. “But what is unfortunate is that these newspapers have manipulated and played on sentiments causing the relatives to become angry, especially those in Beijing,” the minister added. The irate families have hurled every accusation possible at the Malaysian authorities, from claims that its agencies had acted too slowly when handling the crisis or that they withheld key information to help the probe, to labeling them “murderers” outright. The Chinese accounted for a majority of those aboard the ill-fated jetliner ― 153 of the 239 people ― that left Malaysian shores at 12.41am on March 8 towards Beijing. Some of the Chinese families staged a protest outside the Malaysian embassy in Beijing yesterday.
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