The day after Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's global announcement of the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 somewhere over the turbulent and rough seas of the southern Indian Ocean, relatives of the 152 Chinese passengers presumed lost and have died took to the streets of Beijing.

Angry relatives demanding an explanation on the whereabouts of their relatives who took the March 8 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vented their anger as they marched toward the Malaysian embassy in the capital.

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Monday afternoon before the Malaysian Prime Minister made the official pronouncement, Malaysian embassy officials and employees of Malaysian Airlines conducted direct briefing for the relatives. Several family members were booked at the Lido Hotel in Beijing since the aftermath of the disappearance of flight 370.

Some 200 protesters locked in arms marched across the streets of Beijing yelling, "the Malaysian government are murderers,'' while others demanded for the return of their relatives.

Dozens of police clad in black blocked the protesters from coming close to the Malaysian embassy.

Shuttle buses who ferried the relatives from and to Lido Hotel were prevented from letting the relatives leave. The family members decided instead to walk to the embassy.

A relative who partly organized the protest march says the police were aware of their plans to conduct a protest rally.

Some 200 family members of the 152 passengers have been holed up at the Lido Hotel awaiting news updates of their relatives in the last 17-days since flight 370 disappeared.

Emotions have been running high since March 8, with most of the relatives expressing frustration over the scarce updates on the real status of the search for the Boeing 777.

In a demonstration of their frustration, a family member holding a bullhorn invited members of the international media to join their protest march toward the Malaysian embassy some four kilometers from the hotel.

International news agency AFP interviewed a relative saying, "We are going to protest at the Malaysian embassy,'' before boarding a shuttle bus while others were seen carrying placards while wearing t-shirts with "Pray for MH370'' texts.

BEIJING DEMANDS FOR EVIDENCE

Immediately after the statement of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stating that flight 370 "ended'' in the southern Indian Ocean and none had survived, Beijing demanded a continuation of the search and rescue.

China also demanded from Malaysia copies of the alleged evidence including satellite images and analysis that led to the Malaysian conclusion on the fate of the Boeing 777 and its 239 passengers.

Search and rescue teams continued to look for the Malaysian airline owned Boeing 777 that was presumed lost in the turbulent and rough waters of the south Indian Ocean, some 2,500 kilometers (1553 miles) south west of the Australian city of Perth.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry reported that Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Xie Hangsheng demanded from Malaysian Ambassador Iskandar Bin Sarudin a "detailed evidence'' that led to their conclusion.

The Ministry's website stated that Xie said before the Malaysian ambassador, "We demand the Malaysian side to state the detailed evidence that leads them to this judgment as well as supply all the relevant information and evidence about the satellite data analysis."

Xie was quoted saying that, "The search and rescue work cannot stop now, we demand (from) the Malaysian side to continue to finish all the work including search and rescue."

THE SEARCH CONTINUES

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing on March 8 with 239 people aboard - two thirds of them Chinese - en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

A multinational team composed of planes and ships is scouring the seas off Australia after satellite images reveal possible debris from the missing Boeing 777.

However, the weather condition in the large patch of open seas has turned for the worst. The bad weather forced a temporary suspension of the search and rescue operations.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) declared that gale force winds, rain and big waves "would make any air and sea search activities hazardous and pose a risk to crew.''

Australian Navy's HMAS Success is in the immediate region conducting on site search for any debris, evidence to the crash of flight 370 into the Indian Ocean.

Strong gale force winds of up to 80 kilometers per hour were whipping the area along with heavy rain and low cloud with a ceiling between 200 feet and 500 feet, a statement said.

On Tuesday, HMAS Success was attempting to look for an object sighted by a P3 Orion aircraft of the Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) but the Durance-class oiler ship of the Australian navy was unable to relocate the object.

The day before, a large circular green item and a rectangular orange object was spotted by Australian search planes and later followed by "square and white" objects found by an Ilyushin IL-76 reconnaissance plane of China, raising hope for the discovery of the plane's wreckage.