Malaysia Airlines pilot's 'Democracy is Dead' T-shirt fuels talk that he hijacked the flight

As the search for the missing plane widened, U.S. lawmakers demanded answers. Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah's support for jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has stirred fears that he hijacked the flight in an act of protest. The mystery of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet deepened Sunday as a photo surfaced of its pilot wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Democracy is Dead” and searchers set course for the Indian Ocean. The T-shirt further fueled fears that Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, an ardent supporter of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, hijacked Flight 370 along its path from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in an act of anti-government protest.

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