PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Transport Ministry is expected to meet Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin next week to present a Cabinet paper on compensation to the next-of-kin of the victims onboard Malaysian Airlines MH370 which went missing on March 8, 2014.
Its secretary-general, Datuk Isham Ishak said the compensation would be an out-of-court settlement for the suits filed by the beneficiaries of the victims concerned against the Malaysian Government and related agencies.
Isham said the ministry would also continue to seek support from the new government to resume the search for the missing aircraft. Also present at the event, attended by the next-of kin of the MH370 victims, was former Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook. "The memorandum is crucial because through it, we have obtained agreement from lawyers representing the beneficiaries of the victims to settle the summons cases out of court by compensating them.
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