Posted on 03/18/2014 3:04:28 AM PDT by blueplum
Beijing - Furious Chinese families threatened on Tuesday to go on hunger strike until the Malaysian government tells them the truth about the fate of their relatives aboard a Malaysia Airlines flight which went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Ten days after the airliner vanished an hour into its flight, hundreds of family members are still waiting for information in a Beijing hotel.
Around two thirds of the 239 passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are Chinese.
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Speaking to reporters, a woman who had led the chanting held up a piece of paper with slogans written on it, and said the families were calling for a hunger strike.
"Respect life, return our relatives. Can everyone read it? Can everyone read it?" she asked.
"We're going on hunger strike. I'm representing," she said.
"The families are on the point of collapse. There are so many families coming and going, some have already left. The young people can stand it, but the elderly have already broken down," she shouted.
It was not clear how many of the relatives would join the hunger strike, or if it had even begun.
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That’ll show ‘em.
As I was at work when you responded, whoever was knockin' got no response. The last airport was Tenzing-Hillary Airport, but outside of that, I've been practicing bush take-offs, and landings.
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