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To get closer to ' legitimate and convincing evidence ' in research MH17
The criminal investigation into the disaster with flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine is progressing well. That has a Chief Prosecutor Fred Westerbeke of the national public prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.
Westerbeke thinks he is at the end of the year to share research results.
'' We come ever closer to legitimate and convincing evidence ', ' he says. The researchers are not yet so far that defendants '' formally '' have been identified. Well there is a view of a group of potential stakeholders.
For it is the scenario that the Boeing 777 by Malaysia Airlines full of Dutch is knocked down with a BUK missile most likely. But it is not the only scenario where the to looking at. Experts are busy with research on alternative scenarios to bars or to rule out.
It looks in the search for the suspects to both performers as '' clients '', Westerbeke. '' We try to get as far as possible in the ' chain of command ' (command structure) '' he says.
Calls Previously gave it to by the Ukrainian security services overheard conversations free of pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine, in which a BUK system was spoken.
In connection with these discussions is the research in recent weeks in Eastern Ukraine to cell towers and the telephone network. In a general sense said Westerbeke that there has been no question of manipulated evidence.
In the research are more than a hundred witnesses heard. These include local residents, aid workers and journalists who have been on the spot just after the crash. If there will be people out there who might feel threatened and have entered into a witness protection program, wants Westerbeke not say.
Russia's has now also a thick file Netherlands thick file. There are alternative scenarios in which to be viewed. Netherlands has submitted a new request for legal assistance in Russia. It asked for cooperation from the Russian manufacturer of the BUK-rocket at the technical research.
Relatives of the victims on Tuesday also informed of the progress of the investigation. According to Westerbeke he gets regularly the question of survivorship how it stands with the investigation. '' They are understandably impatient. ''
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