A wake was held for one of the pilots of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on Tuesday.

Friends and relatives of Eugene Choo Jin Leong gathered in his home town of Seremban to pay their respects, after his remains were returned to Malaysia earlier in the day.

All 298 people on board died when the plane heading to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam was shot down on 17 July over an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

An international investigation is ongoing.

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1. Picture of Captain Eugene Choo Jin Leong, one of the pilots of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, at top of memorial

2. Close of candle

3. Wide of memorial

4. Close of coffin

5. Close of incense

6. Group of pilots talking

7. Captain Azlan Aboo Bakar talking

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain Azlan Aboo Bakar, pilot for Malaysia Airlines:

"Eugene is a very gentlemen(ly) person, responsible and everyone loved him. I don't know anybody that don't love Captain Eugene, in the airline and outside the airline."

9. Flowers outside wake

10. Various of condolence messages

11. Close of order of service for Choo's wake

12. Close of sign reading (English): "In Memory of Captain Eugene Choo, The Coolest Motorcross Rider... Forever in Our Hearts, Forever In Our Thoughts"

13. Choo's brother in law Loi Kong Yaw

14. SOUNDBITE (English/Tagalog) Loi Kong Yaw, Captain Eugene Choo's brother in law:

"The incident, at first we got a shock and at the end you still have to accept it. What happened already happened, it can't be avoided, you have to accept it."

15. Visitors signing condolence book

16. Monk sitting near memorial

17. Condolence board where people leave messages

18. Malaysia Airlines staff talking

19. Close of flowers in woman's hands

20. Friend of Choo's burning incense and praying at wake