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.
"The court will take the time to review their statements,” she told Malaysian journalists at Schiphol Judicial Complex's press centre here, Friday. "However, this is not mandatory, a judge can, at his discretion, decide to do one thing before another thing or to allow something to be done in an earlier part of the case,” she said.
She explained that on Monday, the presiding judge would introduce the bench and record parties who have appeared in court, including counsel, suspects and family members of the victims.
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