reporting. private individuals can sue in civil court for libel and slander. though a practicing attorney doesn t see the government escalating tensions with the media. you see these statements, which perhaps it is political in nature. you have to show that we re not just taking it, we will give it back if need be. whether they should actually take that action, do be completely honest, i doubt that they will take that cost. reporter: legal issues aside the politics of flight 370 are extremely sensitive here, especially when it comes to the plane s captain. he s been described as a supporter of the country s opposition leader who defends the pilot s reputation but has harshly contribute ski lly crit government s handling of the investigation. but when they continue to conceal information, i have grounds to be more suspicious. reporter: in response to such
talk, the malaysian defense minister recently went on the reported issuing a firm denial of what he called the extraordinary assertion that the government was somehow complicit in the crash of mh flight be 70. i ll talk to one expert next hour who says the detection of those pinging sounds coming from the ocean could be that haystack. that s ahead on the next hour of newsroom. [ laughter ]
indonesia. whoever flying that plane was skillful enough to successfully fly around that country and then the plane vanished from radar. the question is why. welcome to both of you. morning, carol. so martin, we re assuming that whoever was flying that plane skirted indonesia on purpose, but is that necessarily true? reporter: it s a really good question and certainly when this report came out, it gives that impression. the malaysian government has maintained that they thought this was a criminal act. now it s easy to say why, to have the aircraft go specifically around a point, in this case, a country, i think it has to be guided in some way to do that. it s not just going to do it on its own? it s not going to do it on its own for sure, it can be done