KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia aims to send a search team to the crash site in Ukraine of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 before winter sets in to gather physical evidence to prove that it was shot down, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today.
Najib said the government has “pretty conclusive” intelligence reports about what happened to the jet carrying 298 people but evidence must be collected so that its downing can be proved beyond a doubt if the case goes to court.
“That’s why we are very, very keen to re-enter the crash site before winter sets in. We need at least a few weeks not only to search for the body parts of victims but to assemble physical evidence,” Najib said at a joint press conference with visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
“Once that process is completed, we will look at the criminal side, who is responsible for this atrocious crime,” Najib said.--AFP