`


THERE IS NO GOD EXCEPT ALLAH
read:
MALAYSIA Tanah Tumpah Darahku

LOVE MALAYSIA!!!


 


Friday, August 1, 2014

Almost all Malaysian victims on board MH17 have been identified, say Najib

From the remains in the 226 coffins that arrived in the Netherlands last week, more than 40 have been identified as being that of Malaysians. - Reuters pic, August 1, 2014.From the remains in the 226 coffins that arrived in the Netherlands last week, more than 40 have been identified as being that of Malaysians. - Reuters pic, August 1, 2014.About 43 of the 44 Malaysians on board Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, have been identified by the international investigation team, the prime minister told Malaysian media in the Netherlands today, Bernama reported.
Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he was given the update during a visit to the military facility in Hilversum yesterday. The facility is where the remains of MH17 victims were taken, after it arrived in the Netherlands last week, for forensic examination and the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) process.
He added that further verification is required within the next two weeks to confirm the identity of the remains, before the government could confirm on the repatriation date to bring the bodies back to Malaysia.
"The last thing we want to do is to return wrong body parts. When the bodies are brought back home, we will have a day of national mourning.
"The details will be announced when the time comes," he was quoted as saying by Bernama, before leaving for Kuala Lumpur following a two-day visit to the Netherlands with his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
MAS flight MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the eastern Ukraine region of Donetsk, near the Russian border on July 17.
The shooting down of the aircraft has received global condemnation but no party has claimed responsibility, with Ukraine blaming Russia and the pro-Russian rebels who control the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
The Boeing 777 aircraft which was carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew (all Malaysian).
A total of 195 Netherland nationals were on board the flight.
According to Bernama, Najib said that so far the remains from only 126 coffins had been examined and had undergone the DVI process.
He said the process was complex and unique that required three stages of examinations which were ante-mortem, post-mortem and reconciliation.
He said the examination processes were according to international standard and the method was beyond reasonable doubt.
During the process, Najib said the international team had to take samples of DNA, dental and fingerprints of the bodies or any one of the method, if it involved human body parts.
On the development of the two MH17 blackboxes, Bernama reported Najib as saying said the preliminary investigation by the independent body in Britain would be made public "in due time soon".
He said the report would be submitted to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) before it would be made public.
"I have been briefed by them but it was inappropriate of me to announce it. Let the independent body announce on the findings," he said.
When asked on how he had coped with two airline tragedies involving MH17 and MH370, which dissapeared in the Southern Indian Ocean on March 8, Najib said his prayer to God and strong support from the family helped him through the ups and downs of the crises.
"At the end of the day you could only do your best and seek the blessing from Almighty and the backing from my family," he was quoted as saying by Bernama.
The MH370 aircraft, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, was believed to have ended in the southern Indian ocean, west of Perth, Australia, following an unprecedented type of analysis of satellite data by United Kingdom experts.
The search operation is still ongoing but there is no trace of the aircraft yet.
Najib has also expressed his appreciation to the 12-member team, who had negotiated with the pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Borodai, that eventually led to Malaysia's swift success in recovering the bodies and MH17 blackboxes.
"It was a judgement call, I want to rise above geopolitic crisis as without receiving bodies and blackboxes for a longer time and we will face real risk.
"And the families (concerned) will face more emotional stress," he said, according to Bernama.
- TMI

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.