Bid to go back to crash site

SEPANG: Malaysia will strengthen ties with relevant countries and parties to enable Malaysian investigating and security teams to return to the MH17 tragedy site in eastern Ukraine to look for the rest of the remains of the victims.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the location of the crash site is in a turbulent area and, unlike before, the location is witnessing war and geopolitical clashes.
"We have to discuss with the intelligence agencies. We have to strengthen ties not just with the Western nations, Nato, the Ukrainian government, the separatists, Russia and the United States because there are not many nations which can consider the interests of all parties.
"We hold to our intentions and the promise that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak made to the families, that we will do whatever it takes to try to get as many (remains of the victims) back to the country. We will do it," he told reporters after the ceremony to accord honours to nine victims of the MH17 tragedy brought home today, at the Bunga Raya Complex of the KL International Airport here.
Hishammuddin said the government would do everything within its power to ensure that the Malaysian investigating and security teams returned to the location of the crash.
"I talked with (Prime Minister) Najib just now and he is fully committed to this. It will be a miracle if we succeed as it (the site) is in a war zone but we have done the impossible before. If all the parties agree to a ceasefire to allow the investigating team to re-enter the site, we will not have to monitor closely, in the context of the Defence Ministry and the military," he said.
Asked if Malaysia will discuss with the relevant parties so as to enter the location, Hishammuddin said: "This is very sensitive".
He said the Malaysian government will continue with its efforts to get justice for the innocent victims and families of the tragedy.
Meanwhile, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the Dutch authorities are working to identify all the remains of the MH17 victims.
He said 587 body parts were still being identified at the Hilversum Military Medical Camp in the Netherlands and that, so far, 183 remains had been identified. – Bernama