SEPANG, March 11 — Malaysian police chief Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed today that MH370 investigators have not unearthed any intelligence that may point to the possibility of terrorist links to the jet’s disappearance.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) refused to say, however, that this means that investigators have ruled out terrorism or hijacking as possible reasons to why the aircraft went missing so suddenly from radar.
“We have no prior intel or information of any involvement of terrorists,” said Khalid told a press conference at the Sama-Sama Hotel here this afternoon.
“We are looking into all angles... four main angles. Give us some time to go through all this,” he said, before telling reporters that the police have not ruled out terrorism in its probe.
He said all four angles of investigations are still given “equal weightage”.
The four angles Khalid listed are hijacking, sabotage, psychological problems of the passengers and crew members and personal problems among the passengers and crew.
Expanding on what would constitute a personal or psychological problem, Khalid suggested this may be someone looking for payout from a “huge sum of insurance” or someone with financial debt issues.
But his response prompted the press to seek further clarification on the source of these suspicions.
“We are looking at all possibilities,” Khalid replied before proceeding to the next issue.
The IGP added that he has met personnel from China’s security agencies who furnished local police with the profiles of the 153 Chinese nationals on board the jetliner.
“We are looking closely of the video footage of the whole of KLIA on March 7 and 8. We are studying the behavioural pattern of all the passengers,” said Khalid.
Flight MH370 has been missing for nearly four days now since its departure from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 12.41am on Saturday.
The Beijing-bound Boeing B777-200 aircraft was carrying 239 people on board, including 12 crew members and two infants.
