SEPANG, March 19 — The MH370 media briefing centre here was a scene of chaos as relatives of the Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines plane tried to stage a protest against Putrajaya’s handling of the crisis.

Five of them stormed the media room at the Sama-Sama Hotel here and began shouting at Malaysian officials while holding a banner saying, “We demand the Malaysian government reveal the truth”, expressing their doubt towards official information released to date.

One of them, a middle-aged woman, was seen crying out aloud, telling the officials to return her son immediately.

“I have been here for four days. I want my son back,” she said in a thick Mandarin accent while the media jostled with each other to record the incident.

The incident forced hotel security to push them out but the five refused, causing skirmishes between them.

The relatives, who were among those Malaysia Airlines had flown in from Beijing, were later told to calm down in a waiting room guarded by police officers.

Reporters were unable to interview the five as security officials barred their way.

The relatives had also tried to storm the media room amid a press conference nearby by Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein but was prevented from entering the room by security personnel.

Their sudden protest comes after more than a week’s worth of scathing editorials in China’s state-run newspaper Xinhua, demanding greater openness from Kuala Lumpur and MAS.

China’s Premier Li Keqiang had asked Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to provide details about the missing flight “in a timely, accurate and comprehensive manner”.

Some desperate relatives have threatened to go on hunger strike in an attempt to get answers about the missing aircraft from Malaysian officials.

Two-thirds of the 239 people on board the Beijing-bound jumbo jet are Chinese nationals.

Multinational search for the missing plane has entered day 12 but the authorities appear to be nowhere closer to locating the aircraft.

Police block reporters from following Chinese family members of the missing MH370 passengers at a hotel near KLIA March 19, 2014. — Reuters pic