Khalid said the local fruit was only packed into crates in Muar before they were transported to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and place aboard the missing jetliner.
“I did not say the mangosteens were from Muar. I said that the supplier was from Muar and that we will investigate everything, including the extent of who plucked the fruits,” Khalid told reporters after launching a police function at the Buddhist Maha Vihara here.
Khalid’s response comes after the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) asserted that mangosteens were not in season in Johor when the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft disappeared last month.
According to FAMA’s Johor branch director Faridul Atrash Md Mokri there were no orchards in the state that had produced the shipment that allegedly made part of the cargo onboard MH370.
Past news reports quoted Khalid saying that the fruits were sourced from Muar and that the police are digging into every nitty-gritty detail of the cargo, including information on the workers who plucked the fruit and the individuals who were supposed to receive the mangosteens in China.
Khalid added that they have recorded more than 205 statements in connection to the criminal investigation on the vanished flight en route to Beijing from KLIA on March 8 and which remains missing despite an international search involving over two dozen countries.
Australia is now leading the multi-nation hunt for the plane at the Indian Ocean where satellite data last tracked its signal before it disappeared entirely.
Despite having cleared all 227 passengers on board MH370 on hijacking, sabotage, psychological and personal problems, Khalid said investigation are still ongoing into the 12 crew members and their families.
“We have a focus (on the four areas of investigations) but I’m not at liberty to reveal... until at an official inquiry when the black boxes are discovered,” he said.
-Malaymail
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