Finding culprits behind tragedy still a huge task


He was there: Bociurkiw (right) and other monitors from the OSCE were the first to gain access to the MH17 crash site in 2014.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two years after the downing of Flight MH17, one of the first international monitors to gain access to the crash site says the investigation team still has huge challenges in bringing justice for the victims.

Michael Bociurkiw, a former spokesman for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) remembered the surreal moment of seeing a smouldering tail fin with the Malaysia Airlines’ logo on it, resting in the middle of a quiet field in Donestk, Ukraine.

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