He said that based on his experience in the navy and radar technology, when the airliner went off the radar, two things could have happened – either it exploded or it plunged into the sea.
“In this case, I am not satisfied with the approach adopted by the government to search for the plane. I am not convinced it turned towards the Indian Ocean.
“I demand that the government show video evidence from the Royal Malaysian Air Force that the plane either changed direction or plummeted into the sea,” he said in the Dewan Rakyat.
Flight MH370 disappeared with all 239 passengers and crew on board while on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing about midnight on March 8, 2014.
An international effort to locate the plane in the past three years searched over 120,000 square km of waters in the southern Indian Ocean, but without finding any significant traces.
The search mission led by Australia, China and Malaysia was suspended early this year.
Imran, the former commander of the Lumut RMN base, said he was convinced the plane plunged into the South China Sea.
“Why didn’t they search there since it has been proven that the Indian Ocean yielded nothing?” he said.
Replying to Imran in the House, deputy transport minister Ab Aziz Kaprawi said the search mission was assisted by independent international investigators from various countries.
“We established an international investigation team with participation by the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, China, France, Singapore and Indonesia.
“The manufacturer of the aircraft, Boeing, and the engine maker Rolls Royce were also involved. They are the experts,” he added.
Ab Aziz said Malaysia was still evaluating an offer from American undersea exploration company, Ocean Infinity, to launch a new search mission for the plane at a cost of between US$20 million and US$70 million (RM85-RM297 million), as quoted by the company.