Evidence tampered at plan crash site: Australia
Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday claimed that evidence has been tampered with on an industrial scale at the crash site of a Malaysian passenger plane in pro-Russia separatists-held eastern Ukraine.
The Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was on a scheduled flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down over pro-Russia rebels-held territory of the eastern Ukraine on Thursday.
Abbott said the crash site must be secured and flagged Australian participation in some kind of multinational police force in eastern Ukraine.
The Prime Minister also welcomed the UN Security Council’s unanimous decision to back a resolution setting up an independent investigation into the crash.
“There’s quite a long way to go between what we’ve got now and what we would like to see, which is a fully secure and protected site where investigators can go about their task without hindrance from others, without hindrance from armed rebels, without hindrance from anyone who might seek to interfere with the investigation,” Abbott said.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that Australia would do everything in its power to ensure that the crash is thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice.
She also welcomed the UN resolution, saying it “underlined the need for a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the crash and demanded all military activities in the area cease to allow immediate, safe, secure and unrestricted access to investigating authorities.”
