Seven MH370 passengers' families get RM160,000 each

PUTRAJAYA: Six Malaysian families and a family from China have received US$50,000 (RM160,000) per claimant as advanced payment from insurance claims over their missing members in the vanished MH370 flight.

A final payment will be paid out after the search and recover (SAR) mission for the Malaysia Airlines craft comes to a conclusion, said Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin, who chairs the MH370 next-of-kin committee.