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Amongst the victims of the disaster which overtook Flight MH17 was PvdA (Labour Party) Senator Willem Witteveen. Tiny Kox, who chairs the SP group in the Senate, reacted with shock to the news. 'I was with horrified to hear that my fellow Senate member Willem Witteveen was among the victims of the air crash over Ukraine,’ he said. ‘Dead probably due to a civil war which should never have begun which should certainly stop immediately. That’s a massive responsibility for all those involved. Willem was always a wise and congenial colleague in the Senate with whom we could invariably get along. It’s a great loss for those close to him and for the Senate and the PvdA group.’