Liu Guiqui, a mother of one of the passenger onboard of the missing flight also denied that that she was ill-treated by the Malaysian authorities.
“That’s not true, I was surrounded by reporters. There was a young policeman whom I initially thought was about to grab me,” she said in an exclusive interview with CCTV America.
“At first I didn’t understand what was going on. But then someone told me not to panic. They reassured me that they were there to protect me,” she added.
She said she had gone to the press conference to ask the Malaysian politicians what had actually happened to her son.
“How is that we have no information? At that stage, the plane has been missing for 12 days. I can’t understand why there hasn’t been any news,” she said.
In the video, Liu together with six other Chinese nationals were led out of the press conference at Hotel Sama Sama.
“I wanted to be the first to greet my son when he returns,” she said when asked why she chose to wait at Kuala Lumpur and not Beijing like the rest of the family members.
Liu also stressed that she understood that the Malaysian authorities are busy searching for the missing aircraft and believed that they were under intense pressure.
“So it makes some sense, that they can’t pay as much attention to the families,” she said in the interview.
The reporter who was interviewing Liu was momentarily stunned when Liu got on her knees and thanked all parties who have been helping to locate the plane.
“I want to say thank you to all the countries who are trying to find our families,” she said as she got on her knees.
“I should kneel down to show my appreciation to everyone who has helped in the efforts to find our family members,” she said before being aided to get up.
In the Wednesday incident, several Chinese nationals had stormed into a press conference at about 4.30pm.
Some were even shouting that their families members should be returned to them before they were led out of the room.
MH370 carrying 239 passengers and crew went missing while on its way to Beijing on March 8. Efforts to locate the missing flight are still on-going.
