--- description: Prime Minister Najib Razak, whose step-grandmother was on the plane that came down in eastern Ukraine, delivers a statement title: Live: Malaysian PM Speaks on MH17 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt267c891a015b3e3f/69869c7f55a8594258a81de0/najib_razak.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Malaysia](/tag/malaysia/) ## Malaysia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Live: Malaysian PM Speaks on MH17 by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 4:12 PM CUT  Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor meet family members of the MH17 victim on July 19, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor meet family members of the MH17 victim on July 19, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Rahman Roslan—Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 4:12 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3012901/live-malaysian-pm-speaks-on-mh17/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3012901/live-malaysian-pm-speaks-on-mh17/"},"headline":"Live: Malaysian PM Speaks on MH17","datePublished":"2014-07-21T16:12:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:15:40.021Z","description":"Prime Minister Najib Razak, whose step-grandmother was on the plane that came down in eastern Ukraine, delivers a statement","url":"https://time.com/3012901/live-malaysian-pm-speaks-on-mh17/","keywords":["Malaysia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt267c891a015b3e3f/69869c7f55a8594258a81de0/najib_razak.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt267c891a015b3e3f/69869c7f55a8594258a81de0/najib_razak.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor meet family members of the MH17 victim on July 19, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.","caption":"Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor meet family members of the MH17 victim on July 19, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.","creditText":"Rahman Roslan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/malaysia/","name":"Malaysia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3012901/live-malaysian-pm-speaks-on-mh17/","name":"Live: Malaysian PM Speaks on MH17"}}]}] ```