Actually a rogue pilot under the employ of Malaysian Airlines puts the Malaysian authorities right in the middle of the equation.
They would love for this to be mechanical error, or a fire, or for the plane to show up on a mullah's parking lot in Pakistan.
This scenario is going to cost them and their insurance carriers dearly.
Yeah, exactly. A rogue pilot is the worst possible scenario for Malaysian Airlines and Malaysia itself.
I believe that is why he did it - as a protest for the charges, almost certainly trumped up, - against Anwar.