No timeframe set for next-of-kin to get counselling service

PUTRAJAYA: There is no specific period set for the families of victims of the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 to get counselling services provided by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry.
Its minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said the counsellors would be ready to provide counselling when the next-of-kin contacted them.
She said six of the Flight MH17 next-of-kin were reported to have contacted their counsellors to express their sadness following widespread media coverage in conjunction with the second anniversary of the tragedy.
"They call contacted the counsellors late yesterday afternoon and last night to express their feelings of sadness. All of them were given immediate counselling.
"Some get counselling service for their children who still find it difficult to accept the loss of their parents," she told reporters after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri event in her office today.
The Boeing B777, which was carrying 298 passengers and crew, was shot down in Ukraine while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014.
Rohani said her ministry was also arranging a meeting between the nex-of-kin with three ministers simultaneously, namely herself, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein as the former acting Transport Minister.
"This is because when the next-of-kin (of MH17 victims) meet me, they raised various questions, including those outside my jusrisdiction such as compensation and so forth. So it is so much easier to organise a meeting and involve all the ministers in charge," she added. — Bernama