"I was left somewhat confused and, frankly, a little angry and dismayed, I didn't hear facts. I didn't hear the basics. I heard nothing, and so it leaves me wondering whether there is a foregone conclusion and everyone is racing for the finish."
Those were the words of K.S. Narendran, whose wife is one of the passengers of the missing plane MH370, when he heard the declaration made by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak last Thursday. It can be recalled that Razak confirmed that the wing part of a plane, which was found in Reunion Island, belonged to the missing Malaysia Airline.
However, many questioned the motives and timing of the announcement made by the Malaysian Government for it somehow deviated from the message which was released at a news conference in France; wherein Paris Deputy Prosecutor Serge Mackowiak was quoted saying that experts had "very strong presumptions" that the part came from a Boeing 777.
And according to nytimes, Liow Tiong Lai, the Malaysian Transportation minister also added later that Thursday that a Malaysian team had found more debris on the Reunion Island where the wing part was first discovered. As reported on cnn, Tiong Lai stated that;
"The team told us they have managed to collect more debris on the island and we have handed it over to the authorities in France...A plane window and some aluminum foil ... there are many items."
However despite the additional information provided by Malaysia, French officials both on Reunion and Paris have not confirmed the said report of new plane debris. Even the Australian agency helping in the search, the Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Centre, stated on a cnn report that;
"A great deal of additional material has been handed over to the police...While this is being examined, so far none of it appears to have come from an aircraft."
As an outcome of the seemingly inconsistent reports made by Malaysia, frictions with investigating partners have worsened. The said event did not only give further dent to the Malaysian credibility with regards to the search, but it most likely infuriated family of the victims. On a statement published on nytimes, Dai Shuqing who had five relatives on the missing plane remarked that;
"We don't accept this; this is not closure...The Malaysians want to lie to the whole world, but they cannot lie to us. We will persevere and keep digging."
