AMSTERDAM, March 8 — The Netherlands will put four people on trial tomorrow over the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, giving families hope of justice even if the suspects are not in the dock.
With just one more day to go for the much-anticipated trial, Malay Mail compiles five things to note when the four accused are brought to face justice.The trial takes place at The Hague District Court’s high-security facility next to Schiphol International Airport where the ill-fated flight took off. It is taking place here because the plane to Kuala Lumpur left from Schiphol and 196 of the passengers were Dutch.
“Because it’s a big set of documents. And he will further ask the defence if they have further wishes or requests. So it will be procedural at first.”The trial is expected to run through 2020 and may be longer in the event of delays. A media centre has been built outside the stark concrete building to house more than 400 journalists from around the globe.The four on trial are: Three Russians — Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinsky and Oleg Pulatov, and a Ukrainian, Leonid Kharchenko.
According to Dutch prosecutors, the four suspects “closely worked together to obtain the BUK missile and set it up with the aim to shoot down a plane.” Investigators say they are still trying to track the crew of the BUK, which originated from the Russian army’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade based in the city of Kursk.The Dutch legal system
“If the court decides that: yes the suspects should have known that it was the beginning of the trial, then the court will proceed... proceed in their absence and in this case it will be a trial in absentia. Under international law, the men are accused of being “co-perpetrators”, which does not mean they physically pushed the button but rather that their deliberate actions enabled MH17 to be shot down.Access for families during trial
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