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Collecting MH17 Crash Victims' Remains by Dutch Reporter Not Journalism

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A Dutch freelancer’s decision to retrieve what might be human remains from the crash site of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine is not journalism, a... 10.01.2017, Sputnik International

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Collecting MH17 Crash Victims' Remains by Dutch Reporter Not Journalism

12:18 GMT 10.01.2017 (Updated: 17:25 GMT 14.11.2022)

© AFP 2023 / BULENT KILIC This photo taken on July 26, 2014 shows flowers, left by parents of an Australian victim of the crash, laid on a piece of the Malaysia Airlines plane MH17, near the village of Hrabove (Grabove), in the Donetsk region.

This photo taken on July 26, 2014 shows flowers, left by parents of an Australian victim of the crash, laid on a piece of the Malaysia Airlines plane MH17, near the village of Hrabove (Grabove), in the Donetsk region. - Sputnik International

A Dutch freelancer’s decision to retrieve what might be human remains from the crash site of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine is not journalism, a European media ombudswoman said Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Dutch reporter Michel Spekkers had his luggage confiscated last Saturday upon flying back to Amsterdam after filming the MH17 crash site. He reportedly carried bags full of metal parts and an object that could have been human remains.

Taking human remains from #MH17 crash
site by @spekkers is not journalism.However,
confiscation of equipment may be disproportionate @nvj https://t.co/dYVNCzjkbE
— Dunja Mijatovic (@Dunja_Mijatovic) 10 января 2017 г.

The Malaysian Boeing 777 crashed on July 17, 2014 in eastern Ukraine while flying to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. All 298 people aboard died. A joint investigation team of Dutch, Australian, Ukrainian, Belgian and Malaysian experts claimed the jet had been downed by a Buk missile system brought from Russia.