‘Where is the evidence?’ Malaysian PM says attempts to pin MH17 downing on Russia lack proof — RT World News Zerohedge

KW: The unravelling of politics in Ukraine should be a warning to everyone that the so far inconclusive statements that Russia shot down a civilian airliner over Ukraine are indeed false. Now that we all know that Ukrainian politics and action has not beeen the subject of Russian influence or interference but of American influence if not control that was strongly rejected by the Ukrainian people in the last elections there may be some room for the true and real facts to come out as to who was responsible for the tragedy. The U.S has simply been able to hide behind the Ukrainian postion that it ‘must have been Russia’ but there is no evidence for this and the report that has continually denied hearing any eveidence from Russia being included in theri discovery is clearly so far wrong. The Dutch are also under the American thumb too.

In unexpected statements Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has questioned the methodology behind Dutch investigators who produced what the West considers the authoritative report on the tragic shoot down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 while flying over war-torn eastern Ukraine. He criticized that the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team (JIT) seems “to be concentrated on trying to pin it on the Russians”. The Malaysian leader told reporters at the Japanese Foreign Correspondents Club (FCCJ) in Tokyo on Thursday “They are accusing Russia but where is the evidence?”  Mahathir said his country accepted that a “Russian-made missile” shot down its civilian airliner, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board, but that “You need strong evidence to show it was fired by the Russians.”

He ultimately questioned the objectivity of the investigators in what major regional media described as a “jaw dropping speech”.

Australia’s prime state run news service ABC News noted the Malaysian PM’s speech has sent shock waves through the region as it questioned everything Australia’s own leaders have said. “From the very beginning we see too much politics in it,” Mahathir said in reference to the official Dutch-led investigation.

A total of 38 Australians were killed in the Boeing-777 shoot down and crash, and the majority were Dutch nationals. The ABC report summarized of the “bombshell” charges leveled by PM Mahathir:

Malaysia has accepted the Dutch report that a ‘Russian-made’ missile shot down its civilian airliner MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, but has yet to see evidence it was fired by Russia, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Mahathir further slammed the decision to exclude Malaysian investigators from the black box examination: “We may not have the expertise but we can buy the expertise. For some reason, Malaysia was not allowed to check the black box to see what happened,” he said.

“We don’t know why we are excluded from the examination but from the very beginning, we see too much politics in it and the idea was to find out how this happened but seems to be concentrated on trying to pin it to the Russians.” He concluded that, “This is not a neutral kind of examination”  again questioning the basis on which suspicions of pro-Kiev forces appeared to have been superficially ruled out from the start.

“I don’t think a very highly disciplined party is responsible for launching the missile,” he added, according to Australia’s ABC.

Source: ‘Where is the evidence?’ Malaysian PM says attempts to pin MH17 downing on Russia lack proof — RT World News