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Kin of Chinese victims on board Flight MH370 want search and rescue to continue.

Many questions are still left unanswered, say kin of Chinese victims

- By BEH YUEN HUI behyh@thestar.com.my

BEIJING: The families of the Chinese victims on board the illfated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 have demanded the search and rescue mission be continued.

One of them, Jiang Hui, said many questions on what had happened to the jetliner were unanswered.

“The whereabout­s of the plane and our family members still remain a mystery.

“The search and rescue mission cannot be halted just like that,” he said.

About 100 next of kin attended a briefing here yesterday on the MH370 safety investigat­ion report, which was earlier released in Putrajaya on Monday.

The event was specially held for the Chinese in view that most of the 239 people on board were Chinese nationals.

It was conducted by the head of the investigat­ion team Datuk Kok Soo Chon.

The Beijingbou­nd MH370 had disappeare­d on March 8, 2014, and has remained as one of the greatest aviation mysteries despite a massive hunt.

Many of the Chinese family members believe that their loved ones are still alive despite there being no news of them for more than four years.

They are not satisfied with the outcome of the investigat­ion and insisted that a new and in depth probe be conducted.

A distraught mother said if the plane had crashed, she wanted to know its exact location.

Earlier, in a meeting with Malaysia Airlines executive, the family members also conveyed their wish to meet with the Malaysian Government.

One of them requested MH370 crisis director Mohd Fuad Sharuji to arrange for a meeting between them and Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

A summary of the report, in both Chinese and English, as well as the English version of the full report were distribute­d to the next of kin.

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