BANGI: The next-of-kin of Chinese passengers of a lost Malaysian airliner staying at the Bangi-Putrajaya Hotel near here have been reluctant to leave their rooms since late last night, according to a security officer who declined to be identified.
He told Bernama they did not want to meet anyone unless there was fresh information on the search for the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft that is believed to have gone down in the southern Indian Ocean.
Meanwhile, Kam De Zheng, the private secretary to the Prime Minister’s special envoy to China, Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed that no briefing had been scheduled today for the families of MH370 passengers putting up at the hotel.
He, however, declined to confirm rumours that the families would be moving to Everly Hotel in Putrajaya to be with the families of other passengers. The families of passengers from China were transferred to the Bangi-Putrajaya Hotel on Saturday from Cyberview Hotel which had been booked for the Malaysia F1 Grand Prix from March 28 to 30 at Sepang International Circuit.
The hotel was under heavy guard yesterday after an incident yesterday when media photographers rushed to take the pictures of a man believed to be a family member of a Flight MH370 passenger at the hotel lobby. — Bernama