Malaysian officials have received the two MH17 black boxes from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in Ukraine.
At 6.11am on Tuesday, DPR representatives showed up at their government headquarters at Donetsk with the Malaysian government representatives.
After the DPR leader Alexander Borodai thanked Malaysia and Netherlands for sending teams over to assist on flight MH17, a handover ceremony took place between the DPR and Malaysian officials.
The DPR then produced a white sack containing the black boxes and showed them to the Malaysian officials. The boxes were then inspected and later accepted.
A man who introduced himself as Kol Mohd Shukri of the National Security Council thanked Borodai for handing the boxes back to Malaysia.
“I would like to convey our sincere appreciation to Borodai for giving us the opportunity and entertaining our special request to hand over the two black boxes to Malaysia,” he said.
He added that teams from Malaysia would also be sent to the crash site although he did not specify when.
On Monday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak reached an agreement with Ukrainian rebels for custody of the black boxes and access to the Malaysia airlines flight MH17 crash site.
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