COMMENT The Dewan Rakyat holds a special session today to debate a motion on the MAS Flight MH17 that was shot down in the corn and sunflower fields of eastern Ukraine, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

On Monday, the flight recorders from MH17 were finally handed over to the Malaysians at a surreal night-time ceremony in Donetsk, while the bodies of 282 victims began a slow train journey out of the country's south-eastern conflict zone, as per news reports.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has won praise from friends and foes alike for this feat, through quiet diplomacy and 12 hours of negotiations. The bodies of the victims have been sent to the Netherlands, and Najib has asked for the remains of the Malaysian victims to be brought home before Aidil Fitri...