MH370: 94 foreign and local media 'camp' at hotel

94 foreign and local news organisations have set up camp at a local hotel here to obtain and report updates from authorities involved in the search for the missing MH370 Malaysia Airlines (MAS) aircraft.

Information director general Datuk Ibrahim Abdul Rahman said 58 were representing the foreign media while 36, the local media.

"The media centre at the (Sama-Sama) hotel has remained open around the clock since Saturday and provided with the necessary facilities such as a conference room and internet, as well as food for the reporters.

"About 250 media practitioners including journalists, photographers and technical crew are at the hotel everyday," he told reporters here, Tuesday.

Ibrahim noted that the media conferences were more organised and professional, with local and foreign journalists given equal opportunity to pose questions.

The international media included CNN, BBC, Reuters, Associated Press (AP), Agence France-Presse (AFP), Al-Jazeera and organisations from Japan, China, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore.

"All of them, local and foreign have been very cooperative and carried out their responsibilities professionally," he noted.

MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members when it escaped the radar about an hour after departing from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 12.41 am on Saturday