Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Dutch remember MH17 victims, hunt those responsible
THE HAGUE: Dutch flags will fly at half-mast Friday as families remember those killed when flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine a year ago, with all efforts now focused on catching those responsible. Around 2,000 grieving relatives are expected at a private ceremony in the central Netherlands, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and other...
Australia urges support UN tribunal plan for MH17
SYDNEY: Australia urged the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to support the establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing Malaysia Airlines jet MH17 in eastern Ukraine last year. Malaysia, part of the 15-member council until 2016, distributed a draft resolution on the tribunal last week, which it...
As first anniversary looms, MH17 families demand justice
SEPANG: Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine last year demanded justice Saturday at an emotional memorial ceremony ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster. The sombre memorial service at Kuala Lumpur International Airport was attended by Prime Minister Najib Razak, and relatives of those...
India, Pakistan to join China, Russia in security group
India and Pakistan began accession to a regional security group led by China and Russia on Friday after two days of summits which President Vladimir Putin held up as evidence Moscow is not isolated in the world. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, meeting in the Russian city of Ufa a day after the BRICS emerging economies held a summit there,...
Russia opposes UN tribunal for MH17 culprits
NEW YORK: Russia said Thursday it will oppose a draft UN resolution circulated by Malaysia on establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Flight MH17 over Ukraine. Deputy UN Ambassador Petr Iliichev confirmed Moscow’s hostility to the plan, telling reporters: “It’s not a good time and it’s...
Malaysia asks UN to set up MH17 tribunal
WASHINGTON: Malaysia on Wednesday circulated a draft UN resolution on establishing an international tribunal that it said would guarantee an independent trial for those behind the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine. Malaysia told the Security Council last week that it was ready to move ahead with the proposed tribunal despite resistance from...
Australian senator threatens to grab PM’s testicles
SYDNEY: An independent Australian senator Tuesday threatened to physically intimidate Prime Minister Tony Abbott, using illegal rugby tactics including grabbing his testicles, if he does not limit coal-seam gas exploration. Glenn Lazarus, a former rugby league prop and a senator for the eastern state of Queensland, said he submitted a petition to...
Dutch seek UN tribunal to investigate downing of MH17
AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government is lobbying its political allies for the establishment of a UN tribunal to prosecute suspects in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine a year ago, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday. Rutte said a UN tribunal would give “the best guarantee of...
M’sia tells UN Security Council of push for MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS: Malaysia told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday it plans to push for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine, though Russia described the move as premature, diplomats said. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in July last year with 298...
Two MH17 victims’ remains ‘unlikely’ to be found: Dutch minister
THE HAGUE: Chances of finding human remains of the last two victims of last year’s MH17 air crash in Ukraine were “unlikely”, Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur said Tuesday. International investigators have so far matched identities with the remains of 296 of the 298 victims on board the Malaysia Airlines flight. The jetliner was...
