Next of Kin chairman Hamzah Zainuddin said that it is time for the relatives to be realistic before explaining that they have a week to move out of the hotel.
KUALA LUMPUR: It is time for the family members in Beijing to go home and wait for answers in their hometown, the next of kin committee chairman who is also the deputy foreign minister Hamzah Zainuddin said this evening.
Hamzah urged for all parties to be realistic and to accept reality before he proceeded to advise the Chinese family members that Malaysia Airlines System (MAS) are giving them a week to leave their rooms and not immediately as reported by foreign agencies.
“We have been waiting to come out with a statement and all of us are actually looking for answers. MAS has been supporting the family members in Beijing for the last 55 days,”
“It is about time for us to be realistic and accept reality. Family members should go back and wait for answers in their hometowns.”
“However, as mentioned yesterday, it is not immediate. It is from May 1 to May 7. The support centre will be closed down on May 7. How can you ask them to leave in a few hours,” Hamzah explained.
Yesterday, MAS announced that it was ending all hotel accommodation facilities for relatives of the MH370 passengers.
Today, relatives of the Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 expressed anger after being told that they must suddenly leave their Beijing hotel, a day after the airline had said it would stop providing accommodation.
There was heavy police presence at the Lido Hotel in Beijing today, with dozens of uniformed officers inside.
Moving into a new stage
Meanwhile adding to what Hamzah said, Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that they are now moving into a new stage, where all structures are in place to assist the family members of the ill fated MH370.
Hishammuddin disclosed that the authorities will soon announce the date for family members to travel to Australia.
“When the time comes, we will announce the date for the family members to travel to Australia,”
“We are now at the stage where the structures are in place. We are moving into a new phase and a complex stage,” he said.
About two-thirds of those aboard the missing MH370 which vanished from radar screens while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China on March 8, were Chinese nationals.
The plane is believed to have inexplicably diverted from its course and crashed in the Indian Ocean, however, a multi-nation search for plane wreckage has failed to turn up any evidence despite weeks of searching.
Hamzah urged for all parties to be realistic and to accept reality before he proceeded to advise the Chinese family members that Malaysia Airlines System (MAS) are giving them a week to leave their rooms and not immediately as reported by foreign agencies.
“We have been waiting to come out with a statement and all of us are actually looking for answers. MAS has been supporting the family members in Beijing for the last 55 days,”
“It is about time for us to be realistic and accept reality. Family members should go back and wait for answers in their hometowns.”
“However, as mentioned yesterday, it is not immediate. It is from May 1 to May 7. The support centre will be closed down on May 7. How can you ask them to leave in a few hours,” Hamzah explained.
Yesterday, MAS announced that it was ending all hotel accommodation facilities for relatives of the MH370 passengers.
Today, relatives of the Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 expressed anger after being told that they must suddenly leave their Beijing hotel, a day after the airline had said it would stop providing accommodation.
There was heavy police presence at the Lido Hotel in Beijing today, with dozens of uniformed officers inside.
Moving into a new stage
Meanwhile adding to what Hamzah said, Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that they are now moving into a new stage, where all structures are in place to assist the family members of the ill fated MH370.
Hishammuddin disclosed that the authorities will soon announce the date for family members to travel to Australia.
“When the time comes, we will announce the date for the family members to travel to Australia,”
“We are now at the stage where the structures are in place. We are moving into a new phase and a complex stage,” he said.
About two-thirds of those aboard the missing MH370 which vanished from radar screens while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China on March 8, were Chinese nationals.
The plane is believed to have inexplicably diverted from its course and crashed in the Indian Ocean, however, a multi-nation search for plane wreckage has failed to turn up any evidence despite weeks of searching.
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