The families of the passengers onboard the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH17 have only one wish - that the bodies of their loved ones be brought back home, whatever the condition.
This was the wish expressed by the families of Noor Rahimah Md Noor, Puan Seri Siti Amirah Prawira Kusuma and Ariza Ghazalee during a meeting with the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim at the Marriot Hotel Putrajaya, here, today.
Rohani said the families wanted to bury their dead properly according to the rites and beliefs of their religion.
"I met three families, they had only one wish - that the bodies be brought back in whatever condition so that the bodies can be prepared and buried accordingly," she said at a press conference about a hour after the meeting.
Flight MH17 carrying 298 people including 15 crew members had crashed in Ukraine, believed to be shot down, while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Rohani said that three days after the incident, the family members were in the breakdown phase compared to earlier and needed the moral support of their relatives.
She said from the second day of the tragedy, the ministry had provided 24 psychology officers who were on duty in four shifts, with five on each shift, stationed in the operations room at the hotel.
"Some of them have started receiving counselling. We will give it wherever they are comfortable and now the emotional support will be increased," she said.
Ten families of 24 of the passengers on the ill-fated flight have been placed at the hotel since Friday to have access to information on the incident.
Meanwhile, a relative of Ariza, Syuhada Daud, 29, said after four days, priority should be given to efforts to bring back the bodies to enable their families to conduct the funerals.
"We understand the government is trying its best but if possible, please bring back their bodies as soon as possible. This is what her (Ariza's) family in Kuching wants," she said.
She also sympathised with Ariza's mother, Jamilah Noriah Abang Aji Anuar, 72, in Kuching, Sarawak whose health has worsened following news of the tragedy.
Ariza, 46, her husband Tambi Jiee, 49, and their four children, Muhammad Afif, 19, Muhammad Afzal, 19, Marsha Azmeena, 15 and Muhammad Afruz, 13, were among 44 Malaysian passengers and crew onboard MH17.
This was the wish expressed by the families of Noor Rahimah Md Noor, Puan Seri Siti Amirah Prawira Kusuma and Ariza Ghazalee during a meeting with the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim at the Marriot Hotel Putrajaya, here, today.
Rohani said the families wanted to bury their dead properly according to the rites and beliefs of their religion.
"I met three families, they had only one wish - that the bodies be brought back in whatever condition so that the bodies can be prepared and buried accordingly," she said at a press conference about a hour after the meeting.
Flight MH17 carrying 298 people including 15 crew members had crashed in Ukraine, believed to be shot down, while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Rohani said that three days after the incident, the family members were in the breakdown phase compared to earlier and needed the moral support of their relatives.
She said from the second day of the tragedy, the ministry had provided 24 psychology officers who were on duty in four shifts, with five on each shift, stationed in the operations room at the hotel.
"Some of them have started receiving counselling. We will give it wherever they are comfortable and now the emotional support will be increased," she said.
Ten families of 24 of the passengers on the ill-fated flight have been placed at the hotel since Friday to have access to information on the incident.
Meanwhile, a relative of Ariza, Syuhada Daud, 29, said after four days, priority should be given to efforts to bring back the bodies to enable their families to conduct the funerals.
"We understand the government is trying its best but if possible, please bring back their bodies as soon as possible. This is what her (Ariza's) family in Kuching wants," she said.
She also sympathised with Ariza's mother, Jamilah Noriah Abang Aji Anuar, 72, in Kuching, Sarawak whose health has worsened following news of the tragedy.
Ariza, 46, her husband Tambi Jiee, 49, and their four children, Muhammad Afif, 19, Muhammad Afzal, 19, Marsha Azmeena, 15 and Muhammad Afruz, 13, were among 44 Malaysian passengers and crew onboard MH17.
