Malaysian authorities said they will send a high-level delegation to Beijing to answer questions of the families of the passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines as it tries to appease angry Chinese family members.

The high-level team may include the Prime Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Malaysian Ambassador.

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Angry Chinese families of the passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines threatened not only to go on a hunger strike but also to sue the airline company over its ineptitude in handling the investigation and its failure to provide them with latest information about the fate of their relatives.

Around 400 Chinese family members and relatives are scattered in several hotels in Beijing awaiting information from the airline company, most of them in pain, stressed and anxious.

"What we want is the truth, We have been here for more than a week now and nothing is happening! You are giving us false hopes. You are telling us lies! We will go on a hunger strike until you tell us the truth!," shouted one middle-aged woman during a briefing with a Chinese representative sent my the airline.

Around 154 of the 239 passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are Chinese.

The families vented their ire on the Chinese representative sent by the airline and wanted to speak only to the Malaysian ambassador.

"You're always going back and forth. I think your government knows in their heart why we want you to answer us. Because you're always tricking us, telling us lies," added one man.

China has repeatedly called on the Malaysian officials to step up its efforts in searching for the plane and to provide the families the latest information on the search. China also has reminded the authorities to provide adequate care to the families.

Some family members have already put up a "support group" among themselves as a form of self-help in which they share their pain and thoughts with one another.

Among the topics they have so far discussed is the possibility of them suing the airline company for adding to their misery.

"China has all along demanded that the Malaysian side and Malaysia Airlines earnestly respond to the reasonable requests of the Chinese families," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily news briefing.

The Chinese representative from the airline said what information the families received was beyond his control.