MH370 Anwar Ibrahim has claimed that the majority of taxi drivers in Malaysia are supporters of Pakatan Rakyat but noted that they do not hijack the vehicles.

“I think 90 percent of taxi drivers are our  supporters. But I don’t see all the taxis being hijacked to Kajang," he told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

The opposition leader referred to Kajang as there is a by-election slated for the state  constituency on March 23, which Pakatan is touting as a referendum against injustice in relation to Anwar’s conviction.

Describing the pilot of the missing aircraft as a "good family man", Anwar also admitted that Zaharie was related to his daughter-in-law and that he had met the captain during several PKR functions.

"He is someone who has passion for justice," Anwar said.

He called on the media not to "cast aspersions" on Zaharie before investigations are concluded.

The PKR de facto leader was responding to speculations that Zaharie could have hijacked the plane in protest over the Sodomy II conviction against Anwar on March 7, hours before the plane bound for Beijing took off from KLIA.

Anwar also said that the handling of the MH370 crisis by the government is "disappointing".

"There's no doubt about this, so much has been said on this that I need not elaborate further," he added.

He also slammed Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak for not having the "courage to field questions when facing the media", referring to the latter's press conference last Saturday announcing the change in search areas for MH370.