Beijing, China (CNN) -- "Mr. Ambassador, as time goes on we know that the odds of my son and the other relatives on the plane having survived becomes smaller and smaller," said a grey-haired man named Wen. As he addressed the Malaysian diplomat seated at a table just a few feet away in the packed Beijing hotel conference room, Wen began sobbing uncontrollably into a microphone. It had been more than 45 days since his son disappeared aboard missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. "To know that somebody is alive, you need to see them. To know that somebody is dead, you need to see the body. That's all I ask of you," Wen concluded, weeping. Members of the audience sobbed quietly in their seats.
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CNN's Ivan Watson: Each day brings another disappointment to relatives waiting for news
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Malaysian Airlines has housed relatives in a number of Beijing hotels, he writes
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Watson: A committee representing the families has continued pressing its case
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Malaysian officials sent to brief Chinese families are armed with little to no information, he says
Last Friday, he pledged that a high-level team of technical experts would come to @placeholder the following Monday to brief the family members.
Lack of information has led many to suspect a cover-up, an accusation @placeholder authorities have repeatedly denied.