Malaysian prime minister worked contacts to start talks with rebel leader , source said . In addition , he said , the handover came much later than many Muslims would have hoped . On Tuesday , Najib Razak announced MH17 bodies , flight recorders would be returned . Malaysia Airlines 's step-grandmother was on flight shot down near Malaysian -Russian border Tuesday . 15 people died in the disaster , the second for Najib in five months .
Malaysian prime minister worked contacts to start talks with rebel leader , source said . On Tuesday , Najib Razak announced MH17 bodies , flight recorders would be returned . Malaysia Airlines 's step-grandmother was on flight shot down near Malaysian -Russian border Tuesday . 15 people died in the disaster , the second for Najib in five months .