KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — The prime minister should form a parliamentary panel to look into the government’s alleged failure to comply with procedures in its handling of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 tragedy, two DAP federal lawmakers said today.

DAP MP Steven Sim said they had wanted a parliamentary select committee to oversee the investigation into the ill-fated March 8, 2014 flight that was carrying 239 people, but noted that such a request was previously met with silence by the government.

“This crisis, this MH370 is not just a Malaysian problem, this is a crisis of a global scale, we have asked for a bipartisan parliamentary committee to oversee that investigation so that the process can be more transparent and accountable,” the Bukit Mertajam MP told reporters at Parliament here.

“At the end of the whole investigation, a White Paper should be published on this matter so that all Malaysians, in fact the whole world will know what are the issues, what are the non-compliance, what actions should be taken, because actions that are taken have implications not only in Malaysia, not only on our aviation industry, but global implication,” he added.

Sim said the panel should also address the three areas that were not mentioned in the two-page second MH370 interim statement released yesterday, namely “major non-compliances” related to the immigration process, military investigation and police investigation.

In Sim’s joint statement with DAP’s Stampin MP Julian Tan Kok Ping, the duo pointed out that the government has yet to say how it had dealt with non-compliances such as those involving MH370 passengers with stolen passports, the lack of response from the Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control after it lost communication with MH370 and the lack of response after military radar detected an unidentified object flying on a rogue path over Malaysian airspace.

“What Malaysians and the world want to know are: what are the actions taken against such non-compliances, both disciplinary and legal, and what are the corrective measures implemented to prevent recurrences?

“The scary part is, no one knows if these problems have been resolved. This means, all of us are flying daily with the shadow of MH370 looming over us, not knowing if our flight will be the next MH370,” the two said.

Yesterday, the independent international Air Accident Investigation Team said in its interim statement that it is working towards its final report that will contain its analysis, findings and safety recommendations on eight areas related to MH370’s disappearance.

The eight areas that it is reviewing include the diversion from the flight plan route, air traffic services operations, flight crew profile, airworthiness and maintenance and aircraft systems, satellite communications.

It is also looking into the aircraft cargo consignment, the wreckage and impact information, organisation and management information of Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation and the airline.