KUALA LUMPUR — AirAsia’s head of communications, Mohd Aziz Laikar Ali was summoned by the Malaysian police over a video he posted on Twitter ruing the lack of hygiene at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 on Monday (Dec 24).

The police wanted to record his statement after Malaysian Airports Holding Bhd, which manages klia2, lodged a report.

However, Mr Aziz later said on Tuesday that the interview was cancelled.

“I asked the inspector-cancel or postponed? He said ‘temujanji dibatalkan’ (interview cancelled),” Mr Aziz said.

A few days ago, Mr Aziz posted a video showing a rubbish bin filled with maggots at the airport, which is almost exclusively used by AirAsia.

He then questioned a statement issued by MAHB about its outstanding performance in airport management for October.

Mr Aziz later said the video was taken by a colleague.

He denied it was an attempt to smear MAHB’s image.

Mr Aziz added that his superiors and AirAsia’s top management have expressed solidarity with him.

This episode comes in the wake of an ongoing tiff between AirAsia and MAHB over the passenger service charge imposed by MAHB at the airport.

AirAsia Group Bhd and AirAsia X Bhd have defended their refusal to collect the RM23 fee at klia2 imposed in February, as they are of the view that passengers using klia2 should not be charged the same rates as passengers in KLIA.

The group maintains that klia2 is a low-cost terminal with far lower levels of service provided to passengers compared with KLIA, which is a full-service terminal. AGENCIES