Malaysia vs North Korea: There Is No Such Thing As FOC

Published by The Malay Mail on 13 March 2017. 

Malaysia will count on its international allies if the diplomatic situation with North Korea goes south, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today.

The defence minister said Malaysia may not have enough military assets compared to Pyongyang if the two countries went to war, but it has other ways to counter the reclusive state which has nuclear weapons in its arsenal.

“We will deal with it when the time comes, but don’t think we are only dependent on our own assets,” the minister told the press at the Parliament lobby.

Hishammuddin said Malaysia has its own allies thanks to cordial bilateral relationships with many countries, pointing at the help it received from 26 countries during the search for the missing flight MH370.

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Published by The Star Online on 8 March 2017.

The Government spent about RM456mil in the search for MH370, which disappeared exactly three years ago today.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the underwater sweep over 120,000 sq km of the southern Indian Ocean involved Malaysia, Australia and China. The search was suspended on Jan 17 this year.

"The decision to suspend the operations is in line with the Ministerial Tripartite Meeting between Malaysia, Australia and China which was held in July 2016.

"Through the meeting, the three countries agreed that unless there are new clues or credible evidence available, only then a further search operation will be considered," Liow told William Leong (PKR-Selayang) in Parliament.

Leong had asked to state the costs incurred in the MH370 search, and if a report providing the full information and data will be released.

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