The daughter of former Sabah chief minister Fuad Stephens has lauded the news that the government will declassify the federal investigation report on the 1976 plane crash that killed 11 people, including her late father.

However, Faridah Stephens told Malaysiakini that the Australian government must declassify all documents it has with regard to the Nomad plane which was the kind that was flown in the crash.

“This is a start towards getting at the truth, but my view is that the Australian government has to agree to declassify all the documents that it has in regard to Nomad planes, and the plane that crashed in Sabah.

“Could the Malaysian government now ask...