Families of victims commemorate the fifth anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Kuala Lumpur.

The event is organised by the Australian High Commission and Netherlands embassy.

Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine on July 17, 2014, claiming the lives of 283 passengers and 15 crew members.

Of the 298 people on board the plane, 193 were Dutch, 43 Malaysians and 27 Australians.

The remaining were from Indonesia (12), UK (10), Belgium (4), Germany (4), Phillippines (3), Canada (1) and New Zealand (1).