KUALA LUMPUR: Some 200 people showed up to bid their farewells to 10-year-old Matthew Ezekial Sivagnanam here today, one of the 80 children who perished in the MH17 air disaster on July.

Matthew will be "reunited" with his parents, Paul Ralasingam Sivagnanam and Mabel Anthony Soosai, who also perished in the same flight.

Matthew's remains will be cremated at a crematorium at Jalan Kuari and finally be laid to rest along side with his parents at the Cheras cemetery today.

The sombre funeral ceremony at the Church of Our Lady of Fatima along Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad started at 11am and was presided by Father Stanislaus Soosaimariam.

Both family and friends observed a minute of silence, after which Matthew's cousin Nathanael Clement, 10, gave an eulogy.

Calm and composed, Nathanael said he will always remember both Matthew's smile and positive attitude.

"When he sets his mind, nothing could change it... He was a warm person and would always hug me like a teddy bear.

"You are now with God and in a better place now," Nathanael added.

At 12pm, Matthew's casket which was draped with the Jalur Gemilang flag was seen driven in a black hearse.

Matthew was one of the five remains brought back in a repatriation ceremony held at Kompleks Bunga Raya yesterday.

He was travelling with his parents when the flight was shot down over eastern Ukraine's skies in the Donetsk region, while en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam.

The victims included 43 Malaysians.