Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the pilot of missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 was apparently a political fanatic. Shah was a big supporter of Anwar Ibrahim and the far-left Pakatan Rakyat (ڤاكتن رعية)political party of Malaysia. Daily Mail UK reports that Shah grew upset over the jailing of Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim. Whether this had anything to do with the missing plane is anyone’s guess.
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Police are investigating the possibility that the pilot of missing Flight MH370 hijacked his own aircraft in a bizarre political protest.
The Mail on Sunday has learned that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah was an ‘obsessive’ supporter of Malaysia’s opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim. And hours before the doomed flight left Kuala Lumpur it is understood 53-year-old Shah attended a controversial trial in which Ibrahim was jailed for five years.
Campaigners say the politician, the key challenger to Malaysia’s ruling party, was the victim of a long-running smear campaign and had faced trumped-up charges.
Police sources have confirmed that Shah was a vocal political activist – and fear that the court decision left him profoundly upset. It was against this background that, seven hours later, he took control of a Boeing 777-200 bound for Beijing and carrying 238 passengers and crew.