AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government yesterday rejected a proposal from relatives of victims of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to let the United Nations take charge of its criminal investigation into the disaster.
A request to appoint a special UN envoy to take over the inquiry was sent on Friday by a law firm representing 20 relatives, who have accused the Netherlands of failing to build a legal case to prosecute those responsible.
“The investigation by the Dutch Safety Board is being carried out not only by Dutch investigators,” wrote Dick Schoof, a senior justice ministry official in a reply to …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today
