The Malaysian government is preparing to face lawsuits arising from the twin tragedies that struck its national carrier Malaysia Airlines this year.

"Malaysia is ready to face any charges in court," Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said, amid reports that some relatives of Australian passengers of flight MH17, which crashed in Ukraine in July, were planning legal action against Malaysia, Ukraine and Russia.

Liow said he had not yet to received any information about the planned lawsuit related to MH17, which was suspected to have been shot down by Russian-backed Ukrainian rebels.

Flight MH17, with 298 people aboard was en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam when it was shot down by a missile over eastern Ukraine on July 17.

On Oct 31, two Malaysians filed a negligence case against Malaysia Airlines and the government over the disappearance of another commercial aircraft, flight MH370, which disappeared in March.

The Beijing-bound flight MH370, with 239 people aboard, disappeared without a trace an hour after it took off from the KL International Airport on March 8.

- dpa