PARLIAMENT A question to Parliament on the Malaysian naval officers who detected Flight MH370 on military radar hours after it went missing on March 8 was today termed as "secret" and subsequently rejected.

DAP's Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim ( right ) had asked the Defence Ministry to state the naval base and the officers who detected the plane on the radar but did not act on it immediately.

A relation question was also asked about the radar supplier.

However, parliamentary secretary Roosme Hamzah rejected the question, saying a question cannot be centred on matters of "secrecy".

"MH370 is no longer a secret. This is an international crisis now," Sim told a press conference at the Parliament lobby later in the day.

“Is the government trying to hide something from Malaysians? Our failures must be admitted and then amended,” Sim said.

Sim also chided the government for taking action against a Royal Malaysia Air Force pilot for allegedly making political statements while at the same time not taking action against military personnel who might have failed to prevent an international crisis from happening.

“The government deems it more important to punish those who even allegedly challenged BN rule, than those how had failed to prevent a crisis from happening,” he said.