KOTA KINABALU – The demand from family members of the Double Six air crash victims and observers for a full disclosure into the incident will be brought to the cabinet, said Datuk Ewon Benedick.
The Penampang MP said he fully understood the emotions of the family members and some Sabahans affected by the tragedy, who still could not find the answers they expected after the crash report was made public on Tuesday.
“I fully understand their emotions as well as some Sabahans who did not get what they expected from what was revealed in the report.
“I am not going to comment on the findings in the report, but suffice it for me to point out that I have done my part as a member of the federal cabinet from Sabah.
“Still, I hope this report, which was made public yesterday, will have given some kind of closure to the matter.
“I will bring whatever the families of the victims have raised to me to the federal cabinet,” he told reporters after handing a hard copy of the Double Six investigation report to Datuk Donald Mojuntin, the son of the late Datuk Peter Mojuntin.
The Transport Ministry made the investigation report on the Sabah Air Nomad N-22B 9M-ATZ crash public on Tuesday.
But after going through it, families of the air crash victims described the report as a letdown, while also questioning the federal government’s decision to classify the report in the first place.
Some also demanded that the federal government ask its Australian counterpart to release their version of the investigation.
Meanwhile, Benedick, who is also the federal entrepreneur development and cooperatives minister, said he was glad to be part of the federal cabinet members from Sabah who had pushed the prime minister to have the report released.
He said he had done this with Sabah and Sarawak Affairs Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali.
Additionally, Benedick said he had also been given the mandate along with Armizan to hand over a hard copy of the report to families of the Double Six air crash victims. – The Vibes, April 13, 2023
