Family members of MH17 victims allowed to speak during trial, claim damages

In this file photo taken on July 20, 2014, a piece of the wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is pictured in a field near the village of Grabove, in the region of Donetsk. (Photo by Bulent KILIC / AFP)

AMSTERDAM (Bernama): Family members of 298 people onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down over Donetsk in Ukraine in 2014, will be allowed to speak and claim compensation during the trial to commence here this Monday (March 9).

District Court of the Hague press judge Yolande Wijnnobel said they could address the court orally or submit a written impact assessment.