Malaysia holds off on pilot extradition request pending Indonesian drug probe

Saifuddin said on Tuesday that investigations should be concluded first.

“Let the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) complete their investigations first and decide the next step forward, including the matter of extradition. He was arrested there and is subject to the laws of that country,” he said.

“For now, our goal is to obtain as much information as we can on the pattern to see if it is part of an organised crime element or the actions of a lone person and the like. We have to establish all of the facts before deciding the next move.”

The Malaysian Airlines pilot was arrested at Terminal 3 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on July 28, after officers discovered 15 large packages containing 70,114 Ecstasy pills and methamphetamine in his luggage.

Malaysian police were allowed to question the 39-year-old suspect in Jakarta last week.