PETALING JAYA: A key factor in Malaysia’s breakthrough was that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak avoided blaming the pro-Russian forces for the crash, although he was initially criticised for not taking a stronger stand.
“In his first statement, when people were pointing the fingers at the separatists and the Russians, he said it has to be corroborated by hard evidence,” noted a source in the Prime Minister’s Office.
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