[Uncle Chip]

[snip] Malaysian air force chief Gen. Rodzali Daud reportedly said military radar had spotted the jet over the Strait of Malacca. Hours later, however, Malaysian authorities are now casting doubt on this theory after Daud retracted his report, saying, “I wish to state that I did not make any such statements.” [/snip]

I notice you didn't post a source here as this statement was old and taken out of context and regretted.

[SunkenCiv]

I notice that the only search hit on his name shows that the older dates have the phony report of radar data, and the newer ones show him saying no, there was none.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Rodzali+Daud&oq=Rodzali+Daud&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.992j0j1&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8