Mahathir demands MH17 be brought back
“Malaysia seems unduly grateful being allowed to participate in examining the wreckage in Holland.”
Suresh Kashuerin, Free Malaysia Today
Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has demanded, “as a Malaysian”, that the wreckage of MH 17 be brought back to Malaysia “as a matter of right”.
“Malaysia should examine it in full view of the people,” he said in his latest blog posting. “After all it is Malaysia which is being sued by the relatives of the victims.”
“I am very annoyed by the apparent exclusion of Malaysia from the investigation of MH 17.”
The aircraft belongs to Malaysia, he pointed out, and the pilots, staff and quite a number of the passengers were Malaysians. Yet it seems that Malaysia was only grudgingly permitted to participate in the examination of the wreck recovered, he added. “And it was not even brought back to Malaysia.”
“Most of those who lost their lives were Dutch. But under what law is the aircraft the property of the Dutch?”
He noted that the black box was recovered but although it was handed to Malaysian authorities, the box was surrendered to the Dutch and the British. “As far as I know the black box contains tape or electronic recording of the conversations and sounds some minutes before the crash,” he said. “Can it be that Malaysians have no capacity to hear the records even? Are only the Dutch and the British capable of doing this?”
“Malaysia seems unduly grateful being allowed to participate in examining the wreckage in Holland.”
He wants to know “what is there to be grateful for?” As to the cause of the crash, is there something to hide?
“Lets fire a missile at an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” he suggested. “Is it true that a missile fired from the ground leaves no trail of smoke?”
