Chinese MH370 relatives detail long list of grievances

Grieving Chinese relatives of MH370 passengers blasted Malaysia Airlines yesterday, detailing their long list of complaints and traumas they said were suffered as a result of the flight's mysterious disappearance 11 months ago.

The 21 family members arrived in Malaysia last week from China to demand authorities cancel a declaration that the plane's 239 passengers and crew were presumed dead. They voiced discontent over the airline's responses to questions they submitted on a litany of issues.

Using a projector at a news conference held at a Kuala Lumpur hotel, they showed journalists photos of relatives of the passengers suffering emotional and physical trauma in China, including one elderly man whom they claimed suffered a stroke after hearing of Malaysia's declaration about the passengers.

"We are extremely dissatisfied with the replies from Malaysia Airlines," said Jiang Hui, whose mother was on the ill-fated flight.

"The answers were contradictory and not within the scope of the questions asked."

Xu Jinghong, 43, whose mother was also on MH370 said the Malaysia Airlines support centre in Beijing was not helpful to people the and expressed fears search operations might be called off.

"We think the plane can be found. I don't think they are searching at the right area," she said. "I don't think it's in the sea."