He said text messages were also sent out by MAS while its chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya had mentioned in a press conference that there were no survivors.
After the announcement caused anger and frustration among mainly families of the Chinese passengers, acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein defended Najib by saying the prime minister did not say the plane had crashed or there were no survivors.
Relatives of passengers said Putrajaya should apologise for prematurely claiming that the plane had crashed.
Datuk Mahfuz Omar (Pas-Pokok Sena) wanted to know if the government would be taking action against local media which had reported that the plane had crashed in the Indian Ocean, and implied that all those on board had died.
"The acting transport minister said they were considering taking action against international media that carried false reports on the missing plane.
“Are they going to take action against the media that carried the reports suggesting there were no survivors?" he asked.
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