Beijing: Relatives of passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are launching a crowd-funding campaign to raise a $3 million reward for a whistle-blower to expose key information about the investigation, the partner of a missing passenger told USA TODAY.
A $2 million fund for private investigators to follow up leads is also being raised.
Almost three months after the plane disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, some relatives are frustrated by the failure of the official search to find concrete evidence and say they are convinced authorities are concealing the truth.
"We are taking matters into our own hands," said Sarah Bajc, a U.S. citizen whose partner Philip Wood, 50, an IBM executive from Texas, was on the flight. "There is no credible evidence" the plane is in the southern Indian Ocean, where planes, boats and a mini-sub have searched in vain for weeks, she said.
"I'm convinced that somebody is concealing something," said Bajc, 48, a business studies teacher in Beijing and former executive with Microsoft.
Called "Reward MH370: The Search for the Truth," the campaign will launch Monday on the crowd-funding website Indiegogo, with minimum donations of $5. The relatives got permission from Indiegogo to raise money for a reward, which the firm has not previously permitted, Bajc said.
Of the $5 million sought, $3 million will be put up as reward for a whistle-blower to come forward, and $2 million will pay for private investigation services to follow up on leads, Bajc said.
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A $2 million fund for private investigators to follow up leads is also being raised.
Almost three months after the plane disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, some relatives are frustrated by the failure of the official search to find concrete evidence and say they are convinced authorities are concealing the truth.
"We are taking matters into our own hands," said Sarah Bajc, a U.S. citizen whose partner Philip Wood, 50, an IBM executive from Texas, was on the flight. "There is no credible evidence" the plane is in the southern Indian Ocean, where planes, boats and a mini-sub have searched in vain for weeks, she said.
"I'm convinced that somebody is concealing something," said Bajc, 48, a business studies teacher in Beijing and former executive with Microsoft.
Called "Reward MH370: The Search for the Truth," the campaign will launch Monday on the crowd-funding website Indiegogo, with minimum donations of $5. The relatives got permission from Indiegogo to raise money for a reward, which the firm has not previously permitted, Bajc said.
Of the $5 million sought, $3 million will be put up as reward for a whistle-blower to come forward, and $2 million will pay for private investigation services to follow up on leads, Bajc said.
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