Source: CNN
(CNN) — It was a moment of triumph amid a personal tragedy for Malaysian leader Najib Razak.
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, he could finally stand in front of his nation with news of a deal — the breakthrough to release MH17’s flight recorders from rebels’ hands, and, as important, to bring home the remains of the victims.
Najib’s own step-grandmother was on the flight, which was shot down near the Ukrainian-Russian border last Thursday. The second wife of his grandfather was flying to Malaysia to celebrate Hari Raya — the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
As he comforted his own family, as well as others who had lost loved ones, the Malaysian leader was working to unlock a standoff that had generated a political firestorm, said a source close to the prime minister.
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