Dutch Courts Picked as Venue for Any MH17 Crash Prosecutions
- Decision comes as third anniversary of 2014 crash approaches
- Dutch working with other countries on criminal investigation
Wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 lies in a field in Grabovo, Ukraine in July 2014.
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The five countries working together in the investigation of the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 have picked the Netherlands as the country where suspects will be prosecuted.
The choice for the Dutch legal system is an “important step” in the prosecution process as Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine are continuing their investigation, the Dutch government said in a statement on Wednesday. The probe into who can be held responsible is “extensive,” it said. No suspect has been identified so far.