MH17 : Initial Compensation MAS RM 160,000

Kuala Lumpur : Victims family of MH17 incident is expected to received of initial compensation payments amount of USD50,000 or RM160,000 cash in the near term.

Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development, Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim said that the initial compensation will be paid by Malaysia Airline System (MAS).

Rohani said, earlier the 25 family members of victims of the tragedy MH17 received compensation payments USD5,000 or about RM 16,000 lump sum form the MAS to help the daily expenses that maybe required. 

MH17 flight carrying 283 passenders and 15 creq on a flight from AMsterdam, Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur, believed shot down in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on 17 July.

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