Section: Malaysia
MH17: Monitors try to secure Ukraine plane crash site
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — International monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields reeking of the decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysian airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, trying to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation of the disaster can be conducted. …read more Source: New...
MH17: DNA being collected to ID Ukraine crash victims
THE HAGUE: Forensic teams fanned out across the Netherlands on Saturday to collect material that will help positively identify the remains of victims killed in the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine. Families and friends of the dead huddled to console one another at churches, schools and sports clubs across the nation....
MH17: MAS mourns in social websites
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) turned grey on Friday morning, in tribute to flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Ukrainian president condemns interference with work at crash site
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans that he would not tolerate interference in the work of international monitors and other experts investigating the Malaysian airliner disaster. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Rebel leader asks Russia for help with deteriorating Ukraine crash site
DONETSK, Ukraine: A rebel leader appealed to Russia today for help with worsening conditions at the crash site of a Malaysian airliner, accusing the Ukrainian government of preventing experts from arriving and allowing bodies to rot. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Merkel, Putin agree on international probe of MH17 crash
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed for an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysian plane over Ukraine, and for rapid access to the crash site, Berlin said today. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Mindef to focus on three priorities
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s Defence Ministry has outlined three foci in its participation in the operations involving the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 crash in Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Vietnam asks for prompt, transparent investigation
HANOI: Vietnam has requested a prompt and transparent investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Thursday,which caused the tragic loss of lives of all passengers and crew members, including three Vietnamese, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. At a meeting on the incident of the United Nations...
MH17: Special investigation body must be fully independent, Muhyiddin
SHAH ALAM: Malaysia wants the special investigation body that will be set up to probe the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 crash in Ukraine to be independent and given full power to conduct it. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Kiev says rebels trying to destroy crash evidence ‘with Russian support’
KIEV: Ukraine today accused Russia of helping separatist insurgents they say shot down Malaysian airliner MH17 try to destroy evidence at the crash site. …read more Source: New Straits...
