@OBD
Thanks for the radar pointer.
There are a lot of historical tensions between countries in this region. Malaysia-Singapore, Thailand-Cambodia/Laos, Vietnam-China, Philippines-China, Indonesia-Malaysia, etc.
The Chinese are already having a pop at the Malaysians about the perceived lack of effort and information they're providing.
Does anybody know why the US is the only lot searching the Straits of Malacca? And why they are? When the aircraft would have had to have flown all the way back across Malaysia?
Seems odd.