Wee Choo Keong's allegations totally untrue, says AirAsia CEO

AirAsia today has denied having any outstanding debt to Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), as claimed by Tourism Malaysia chairman Wee Choo Keong.

Its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aireen Omar in a statement on Monday, said AirAsia has consistently paid its Passengers Service Charge (PSC) to MAHB.

“We deem these latest statements by Mr Wee Choo Keong as intended to further injure the reputation of AirAsia following his earlier statements which are now already a subject to a defamation litigation.

"Additionally, AirAsia would like to highlight that Mr Wee Choo Keong's position as the Chairman of Tourism Malaysia comes with a higher degree of responsibility to the tourism industry,” she said.

Therefore, she said AirAsia Berhad would like to clarify that Wee’s allegations are totally untrue.

Aireen also urged Wee to focus on publicising Malaysia and attracting tourist arrivals, instead of attacking a public listed airline.

Earlier, it was reported that Wee had allegedly ordered the removal of AirAsia bunting from 4th China (Beijing) International Tourism Expo 2016 recently.