BANGKOK, March 15 – Royal Thai Navy has stopped the search operation for missing Malaysian jetliner flight MH370, pending new requests after the Malaysian PM stated that the aircraft’s disappearance was apparently deliberate, according to navy spokeman.

Rear Adm Kan Dee-ubol, the navy secretary, said that navy chief Adm Narong Pipathanasai had ordered the suspension of searching operation for the Boeing 777-200 aircraft, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, that went missing more than a week ago.

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