Malaysia calls for UN tribunal on downing of MH17 over Ukraine

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Malaysia has told the UN Security Council it wants a United Nations-backed tribunal to pursue those suspected of shooting down a Malaysia Airlines jet last year. Veto holder Russia did not raise formal objections.

Malaysia calls for UN tribunal on downing of MH17 over Ukraine
03.07.2015

Kuala Lumpur's Ambassador to the UN, Ramlan Ibrahim, told the UN Security Council on Thursday that Malaysia would circulate a draft resolution and draft statute of the proposed international criminal tribunal next month.

Ibrahim told council members that a UN court would "provide the highest degree of legitimacy for the trial and prosecution mechanism for MH17 to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice."

Malaysia is working along with Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ukraine, which are members of the incident Joint Investigation Team (JIT), on setting up the international tribunal. Any suspects in the shooting down of the plane have so far not been named.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Boeing 777 passenger jet, had been flying to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine last July. The incident happened during some of the worst fighting between Ukrainian government forces seeking to defeat a pro-Russian separatist movement in the country's eastern regions.