Subra: Bodies can be identified in three weeks


PUTRAJAYA: A post-mortem on the retrieved bodies and body parts of those who perished in Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 is expected to be completed in two weeks and matching of information to identify who they are is to be done after that.

Health Minister Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam said as of Tuesday, reports from the Malaysian disaster victim identification (DVI) team revealed that post-mortem had been carried out on 150 intact bodies and 300 body parts, of the 600 in total retrieved.

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