PM Najib shares grief

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July 20, 2014

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Source: Agencies | July 20, 2014, Sunday |

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MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday confirmed that his step-grandmother was on board the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Siti Amirah, 83, was one of 44 Malaysians on the flight that was downed on Thursday en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

“I personally share the grief of the families on board #MH17,” Najib said in a Tweet.

“My step-grandmother was one of the passengers.”

Family spokesman Faridah Abdullah told the Star newspaper that Siti was “a very, very nice lady.”

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