MH17 Ditembak Jatuh, SBY Harapkan Dukungan Investigasi dari Semua Pihak
Indonesian President Calls on All Parties to Support MH17 Investigation
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Semua pihak diharapkan membantu proses penyelidikan peristiwa jatuhnya pesawat Malaysia Airline MH17 di bagian timur Ukraina yang telah menewaskan seluruh awak dan penumpang pesawat tersebut agar berjalan dengan baik.
"Saya sungguh menyesalkan (sikap tidak kooperatif) dan berharap semua pihak untuk memiliki rasa kemanusiaan yang tinggi, membuka akses, bahkan membantu agar investigasi berjalan dengan baik," kata Yudhoyono di Istana Merdeka, Senin.
Presiden Yudhoyono menyampaikan harapannya itu setelah menerima laporan Menteri Luar Negeri Marty Natalegawa soal perkembangan penyelidikan jatuhnya pesawat MH 17 tersebut termasuk sikap tidak kooperatif warga setempat.
"Banyak kalangan dan sumber resmi internasional yang menyampaikan bahwa masyarakat lokal tidak kooperatif, menghalangi, dan mempersulit upaya pencarian jenazah dan penyelidikan di lapangan," kata dia.
Indonesia, kata Presiden, sangat menyesalkan sikap itu apalagi 12 warga negara Indonesia turut menjadi korban dalam bencana tersebut.
"Sedih, kalau mereka sudah menjadi korban, sanak keluarganya sulit mendapatkan jenazah atau pun benda-benda yang bisa menjadi kenangan seumur hidup," katanya.
Ia menilai seharusnya seluruh pihak bekerja sama dengan negara-negara yang warganya menjadi korban untuk melaksanakan investigasi atas nama kemanusiaan.
Pesawat Malaysia Airlines penerbangan MH17 yang terbang dari Amsterdam menuju Kuala Lumpur jatuh saat berada di wilayah udara Ukraina. Pihak berwenang Ukraina meyakini pesawat Boeing 777 yang mengakut sedikitnya 298 orang itu ditembak jatuh.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesia has called on all parties concerned to help in the process of investigation into the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine that has led to the death of 298 passengers.
The countrys President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday had expressed concern over the uncooperative stance of the local people.
"I actually deplore it and hope that all parties could be more humane to open access and even help the investigation to proceed well," he said.
President Yudhoyono made the statement after receiving a report from Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa about the development of investigation, including the uncooperative behavior of the local people.
"Various parties and international sources have reported about the uncooperative behavior of the local people, hindering and obstructing efforts of finding bodies of the victims and investigation in the field," he said.
Indonesia, the President said, has strongly condemned the act as 12 of the victims were Indonesian citizens.
"It is really sad that the families of the victims are still not able to retrieve the bodies of their members or things to remember them," he said.
He said all quarters should have cooperated with countries of the victims to carry out the investigation for humanitarian sake.
The Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 had crashed in eastern Ukraine after being shot by a missile, while flying from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur.