Malaysia wants an international tribunal to bring closure to MH17

Malaysia wants to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of having shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 killing all 298 people on board.

Malaysia wants to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of having shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 killing all 298 people on board.

The plane was shot down over Ukrainian territory and flying over a conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine controlled by local separatists .Their leaders have denied accusations they used an anti-aircraft missile to shoot down the plane.

New Zealand’s UN ambassador Gerard van Bohemen, president of the UN Security Council for July, said Malaysia had “briefed the council members this morning of their intention to present a resolution in relation to MH17”.

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has called the plan not timely and counterproductive and premature. The investigation is still ongoing, and it’s not yet determined who actually shot down the aircraft.

Russia has denied accusations that it supplied the rebels in Ukraine with an anti-aircraft missile that was used to shoot down the plane.

The country has claimed that it was Ukrainian forces, not the rebels, that brought down flight MH17.

A preliminary Dutch report said the plane broke up after being penetrated by “high-velocity objects”.

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