KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — The Youth wing of Islamist party PAS has urged Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) to stop serving alcohol completely today, following a bomb scare on its MH128 from Melbourne, Australia last night.

The wing claimed that alcohol is a "threat” against flight safety, and said Malaysia must make Middle East countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt and Bahrain as role models in this matter, including its neighbour Brunei.

"PAS Youth urges the Malaysian government to make a drastic policy change in MAB by halting immediately from serving alcoholic drinks that can threaten flight safety,” the wing’s vice-chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari said in a statement.

"Before this, MAB’s decision to stop serving alcoholic drinks was only limited to flights that take less than three hours, and it was clear that the move was praised by many in the public who are its passengers.”

MAB had stopped serving alcohol on flights under three hours’ long starting January 1 last year to accommodate the preference of most of their customers who are Malaysians, but did not publicly announce it until April that year.

Politicians from both PAS and rival Umno have made repeated calls to ban alcohol on MAB’s flights, especially after the shocking dual tragedy that struck the MH370 and MH17 flights.

Ahmad Fadhli today lamented the situation of thousands of MAB’s Muslim staff that he said were forced to serve alcohol, contrary to their religious belief.

"Indeed, peace and order will only be attained with elements of blessing. As a country led by a Muslim prime minister, this is the time to make a change if we really want to,” he said.

The pilot of the Kuala Lumpur-bound MH128 aborted the flight after the alleged hijacking attempt and returned to Melbourne Airport shortly after take off.

In the incident, a 25-year-old Sri Lankan national who was reportedly drunk, has fished out a large object, claiming it to be a bomb, and attempted to force himself into the plane’s cockpit.

The plane which had just taken off then, immediately returned to the Melbourne Airport, by which time, the man was already subdued by several passengers of the plane and its crew members. He was later detained by the police.

The man, who is still unnamed, will be prosecuted today, according to Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton, via a live press conference.