Sons of MH370 passenger file suit against MAS, four others

Some eight months after the unfortunate event of the disappearance of flight MH370 on March 8, two children of a passenger on the ill-fated flight today filed a lawsuit at the High Court here against the government of Malaysia and Malaysia Airlines (MAS).

The two boys, aged 13 and 11, filed the suit through their mother, Pearl Ng Ming and Messrs Arunan & Associates.

They demanded compensation for the loss of support, additional damages and exemplary damages after MAS had failed to land the plane in Beijing, China, without any details about the aircraft until today.

The plaintiffs also named Department of Civil Aviation’s director-general, Immigration Department’s director-general, and Royal Malaysian Air Force commander as defendants.

Flight MH370, which carries 227 passengers and 12 crew members, is believed to have ended in the southern Indian Ocean, west of Perth, Australia, based on analysis of satellite data by experts from the United Kingdom.

MH370 search mission is still ongoing, but so far, to no avail.

Earlier, defence minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the countries involved in the search for MH370 until now have never made any claims from Malaysia although the search involves military assets.