Pak Lah: Not right to ask for Idris' removal

TAIPING: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) managing director Datuk ldris Jala is a good manager and it is not right to ask him to be removed, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

"Idris has managed to tum around the airline and has lot of things on his plate," he told reporters after launching the Perak-level of the Northern Corridor Economic Region.

He was asked to comment on Senator Tajulurus Mohd Zain's call for Idris' removal following a series of delays in MAS flights over the past two weeks.

"It is not right to ask for his removal.

"Idris has already done a lot," he added.

However, the Prime Minister acknowledged that there were flight delays, but pointed out that the airline had already reduced them.