Survey Shows 54% Of Malaysians Believe Putrajaya Is Hiding MH370 Information

Out of the 1,029 respondents polled in The Malaysian Insider survey carried out by the Merdeka Center, 54% said Putrajaya was not transparent in releasing information about flight MH370 which vanished on March 8.

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In response to the question whether they thought Putrajaya had been truthful or had been hiding anything about MH370, 54% of respondents felt Malaysia had been hiding information, 26% said the government had been truthful while 20% were unsure.

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The respondents were asked whether the performance of Putrajaya in handling the MH370 crisis has made them more/less confident about the government.

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Despite the criticism Putrajaya has faced from local and international quarters since the MH370 crisis, 51% of respondents said they were confident about the government. However, 45% of respondents said they were not confident about Putrajaya post-MH370 crisis.

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This time, respondents from both rural and urban areas were united in believing that Putrajaya has been less than forthcoming with information about MH370. Respondents were selected through random stratified sampling methods along the lines of ethnicity, gender and age, and covered all the federal seats in the peninsula. The survey was carried out from March 24 to 30 with the selection of respondents proportional to the population in each parliamentary constituency.

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Just 43 percent of Malaysians are satisfied with their government’s handling of the missing-plane mystery while 50 percent are dissatisfied, according to a survey released Tuesday.

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The Merdeka Centre for Opinion Research, Malaysia’s leading polling firm, said the survey of more than 1,000 people was conducted from March 13 to 20. Since that time, however, there has been rising anger among Malaysians against Chinese and other criticism over the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

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Majority of Chinese and Indian respondents were dissatisfied, at 74 percent and 59 percent respectively. Only 18 percent of Chinese and 36 percent of Indian polled said they were satisfied. In contrast, 63 percent of Malay respondents said they were satisfied with the handling compared to 30 percent which said they were not.

Merdeka Center executive director Ibrahim Suffian, when contacted about the racial divide on the issue, said this could be due to the different language of the news they consume. "Perhaps it is strongly influenced by media reporting of the issue. "Chinese and English-language reporting online seems to be more critical (of the issue) while Malay-language reporting seems to be more sympathetic towards the government," he told Malaysiakini in an email.

When broken down further, the poll finds that among a demography where the respondents are younger, have higher income and internet access, the majority are dissatisfied, while the result is reversed for the opposite demography.

For those with Internet access, 56 percent are dissatisfied compared to 38 percent who are satisfied while of those without internet access, 54 percent are satisfied compared to 39 percent who are not.

Sentiments according to income group are as follow: Below RM1,500 (58 percent happy, 34 percent unhappy), RM1,500-RM3,000 (52 percent happy, 43 percent unhappy), RM3,000-RM5,000 (29 percent happy, 60 percent unhappy) and above RM5,000 (27 percent happy, 68 percent unhappy).