Relatives of MH370 passengers forced to leave hotel because it was booked up for Grand Prix as fears grow of suicide bids

  • Chinese family members had been staying at the Cyberview Resort near Kuala Lumpur while awaiting news of loved ones
  • Now they have had to move because of the upcoming Malaysian Grand Prix
  • Psychologist working with the relatives says he fears they are suicidal

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 21:45 EST, 21 March 2014 | UPDATED: 21:51 EST, 21 March 2014

Chinese relatives of the passengers on missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 have had to change hotels to make way for crews arriving for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

The news comes as an expert who has been helping the families through their ordeal expressed fears that some had become suicidal.

Some Chinese family members who flew to Malaysia to be closer to the heart of search operations had been staying at the Cyberview Resort & Spa near Kuala Lumpur, where they were engaged in an emotional struggle to elicit information from the government.

'The Chinese families were here, but they have already left,' a worker at the resort said. 'We are fully booked. 'There is no space because of Formula One.'

Chinese relatives of passengers on flight MH370 leave a resort in Cyberjaya, outside Kuala Lumpur
A Chinese relative of passengers on flight MH370 leave a resort in Cyberjaya, outside Kuala Lumpur

Going: Chinese relatives of passengers on flight MH370 leave the Cyberview resort, outside Kuala Lumpur

Despair: There are fears that some family members could be contemplating suicide

Despair: There are fears that some family members could be contemplating suicide

Malaysian officials said the families would be put up at another hotel.

The Grand Prix is one of the biggest sporting events in Malaysia, when room rates at some hotels soar as drivers, their teams and sponsors travel to Kuala Lumpur for the weekend race.

 

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Several foreign officials, investigators and journalists are also being forced by the event to move out of a hotel near the Kuala Lumpur international airport, which had become the ad hoc headquarters for coordinating search operations.

'We will be moving out of here because the F1 race is going to go on,' Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said.

Technicians are arriving well in advance of the March 30 race, which takes place about 10 minutes from the airport.

Full: The Cyberview resort was previously booked up for the Malaysian Grand Prix

Full: The Cyberview resort was previously booked up for the Malaysian Grand Prix

Leaving: A bus carrying the relatives away from the resort to another hotel

Leaving: A bus carrying the relatives away from the resort to another hotel

Mystery: There has been no sign of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 for the past two weeks

Mystery: There has been no sign of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 for the past two weeks

Paul Yin, a psychologist who has worked with the passengers' families in Beijing, suggested that some were so overcome with grief that they had contemplated suicide.

He told ABC News that the families were fluctuating between hope that their relatives might be alive, and despair at the thought that they may never be found.

Mr Yin added that many were latching on to wild rumours and conspiracy theories in a bid to find solace.

'In the Chinese culture when a person gets to a certain age, the meaning of life is about your grandchildren - your legacy,' he said.

'So when that is taken away, it is difficult for some of them to think of reason to live, a reason to stay around.'

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yes, the same with myself. my only reason for living are my girls, so if they are taken away from me by any cause, then there would be no reason anymore for me to go on living. so i pray to God every minute of the day to make me stronger in my heart, body & mind so i would not contemplate like being suicidal if something happens to them, but this is unthinkable, but we all have to face the realities of life and stop pretending. my girls would always remind me if they see that i worry too much, that no matter if we are sleeping in the safety of our home, or in a plane (they also travel frequently), the end could come anytime anywhere, and we just have to accept it. they say Life has no guarantees. Well, easier said than done. I may accept that end is end, but still i would not want to live-on blaming that we should have done more on this or that, or if only this or that, then maybe things will be different? Life is all about meaning. For without meaning, how could we be still here?

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Haven't they suffered enough? Of course their emotions are fluctuating from hope to despair with all that is being reported. Perhaps Tony Abbott could put them up in Perth as the country's guests?

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Anyone who is on suicide watch must have been dreadfully sick before this even occurred. I'm sorry but people missing is not a new phenomenon, look at Claudia Lawrence, back in the news recently and she's been missing for many years but her family still hold out hope and push to keep the investigation going. These circumstances may be more unusual and downright bizarre but it boils down to the same thing. Family missing with no idea what happened. That usually inspires grief, confusion, anger¿ but why now when all avenues haven't been exhausted yet??

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Dear race car drivers: do not fly Malaysian Air

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