Najib won’t meet MH370 families during China visit
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- Najib won’t meet MH370 families during China visit
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will not meet with the families of Chinese passengers of missing flight MH370 when he visits Beijing for the first time since the plane disappeared.
Najib (pic) will meet President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and head of parliament Zhang Dejiang during a six-day visit ending Sunday to mark 40 years of diplomatic ties, a Malaysian foreign ministry official told Reuters.
But Najib will not meet the families of missing passengers, about two-thirds of whom were Chinese. A spokesman for Najib's China delegation told Reuters today he could not immediately comment on why there would be no meeting.
"We've asked [Najib's office] today, we asked yesterday and the day before that. We've been demanding it for a month now with no response," said a family member surnamed Xu. "It's not right, he has an obligation to meet with us."
The Boeing Co 777 plane carrying 239 passengers and crew disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing almost three months ago.
Satellite data showed the flight likely ended in a remote area of the Indian Ocean west of Australia, but the most extensive search in aviation history has so far failed to find any trace of the plane.
Passengers' families have grown increasingly frustrated with the search and have complained that Malaysian authorities have not provided enough information.
Malaysia, for its part, has said it has repeatedly briefed next of kin and made great efforts to determine the plane's fate.
Meanwhile, Bernama said that Najib will return to Malaysia tonight following the passing of the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah.
A spokesman of the Prime Minister's Office said, Najib and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, would return to Kuala Lumpur shortly after attending a function in Beijing.
Najib will then resume his six-day official visit to China after paying his last respects at Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar tomorrow. – Agencies, May 28, 2014.
