China finds no terror evidence against Chinese on MH370 passengers—Xinhua

Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 wait for a news briefing held by the airlines’ officials at a hotel ballroom in Beijing Monday, March 17, 2014. The search for the missing Malaysian jet pushed deep into the northern and southern hemispheres Monday as Australia took the lead in scouring the seas of the southern Indian Ocean and Kazakhstan – about 10,000 miles to the northwest – answered Malaysia’s call for help in the unprecedented hunt. AP

BEIJING— No evidence has been found linking the 153 Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight to terror or hijacking, state media said Tuesday, citing Beijing’s envoy in Kuala Lumpur.

China’s ambassador to Malaysia Huang Huikang said background checks on all passengers from the Chinese mainland on board missing flight MH370 did not find any evidence that they were linked to a hijacking or terrorist attack on the jet, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

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