KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — The Malaysian government will not rest until those responsible for shooting down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 are brought to justice, the Transport Ministry said today.
“Without a doubt, every family and the next of kin who are affected by this tragedy deserves to see justice. We sincerely hope that this will bring some measure of comfort and solace to the families and the next-of-kin of those who were lost in this tragedy,” the ministry said. MH17 was shot down while flying from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Kuala Lumpur exactly five years ago today.Last year, the JIT asserted that the BUK anti-aircraft missile used to shoot down MH17 was fired from the 53rd Russian military brigade based in Russia’s southwestern city of Kursk.