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The Transport Ministry and the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) are taking steps to strengthen checks on pilots, cabin crew and other aviation personnel following the case involving a Malaysia Airlines pilot linked to an international drug trafficking syndicate.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that was the least they could do now, as the ministry was not privy to details of the police investigation, including the identities of suspects or any arrests made, as the matter was being investigated as a criminal case.

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00:10I think on that question, you have to ask the police, it's better for the police to respond to that.
00:15It is a police investigation right now. We are not privy to that.
00:21Is the MOT working with the police on this 6th anniversary?
00:25Well, of course, investigation is under police. They have no obligation to inform us or to discuss with us on
00:32the progress of the investigation.
00:35So we give our cooperation as far as whatever information needed, whatever access needed to our facilities, to airport and
00:43any people that they want to interview or they need to investigate.
00:47Of course, we give our fullest cooperation, but the rest of the investigation will be left to the police to
00:53determine.
00:55So we are not involved in the investigation per se.
00:57Of course, at the ministerial level and the civil aviation authority level, we have taken steps to ensure that more
01:06tarot checks are being made on pilots, on cabin crew and so forth.
01:10So there are more steps being taken at the airline's level.
01:22So I think I'm not privy to that firstly. So I think it's better for the police to respond to
01:26that.
01:27So it is a criminal case. And of course, we have read that there are several arrests made.
01:35So it's better for the police to make a further announcement on that.
01:48You
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