If that is what the Vietnamese Navy Admiral has quoted, looks like that is it. Why for God's sake? This is bad, bad, bad. Bad for aviation, bad for Malaysian Airlines. And if this politicised (and you can almost be sure it will be, reengineering done in foreign ports) even before they know why, I will be writing a letter to my MP (Labor) and will want to know why.
Ida, you are presuming maintenance error by an off shore facility that the average Australian who is convinced that no other nationality is capable of proper maintenance of hundreds of thousand aircraft operating outside Australia. Good luck with your letter to your (Labor) MP. Please post his reply if you get one, shouldd be good for a laugh!