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Old 9th Aug 2009, 21:32
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Vel Paar
 
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Japanese Red Army involvement?

28th January 2009, 08:19 #93 (permalink) Molokai

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g-string?
Isn't this the chap who claimed to be a royal titled bloke who tried to fleece someone a couple years ago with fast track recruitment to Jet Airways? Now that Jet is almost belly up, those who got fleeced should go after his skin..........not only they lost money but the future doesn't look too bright.

In the land of the Rising Sun, the veteran pilots here don't have any recollection of the Japanese Red Army having any role in the MH653 hijack. However they did mention something about hostage taking in some AIG building in KUL in the 70s.


28th January 2009, 09:24 #94 (permalink) salahbensilap

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The Japanese Red army thingy was a red herring made up to cover the tracks of the corrupted in the then M'sian govt. The PM then, however, did a nice thing...priests and religious heads from all the religions freely administered the last rites to the victims. It was a grand gesture of goodwill, which, alas, was not extended to other facets of Malaysian life.


Reading the above posts about possible Japanese Red Army involvement, I did some research but drew a blank. To those who were following media reports at the time of the tragedy, I have these questions:

1) Did the Japanese Red Army make any claim of responsibility? Normally terrorist organisations would like to make claims of grandeur if the were involved?

2) Did the Japanese Government make any statement wrt the involvement of their national/s in the tragedy?

3) Was the FAA, NTSB, IATA, ICAO involved in any meaningful way in the investigations?

4) What was the official findings by the Special Branch and UTK?
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