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But up till now, with all this money spent, and all this technology employed there's still no physical proof of what happened to that plane. and so these families have hung onto every conspiracy theory that has been discussed and have very little closure, none at all, in fact. >> absolutely. a year on there is no plane debris. but for the families, there must be a fear as well david that the search is going to stop at some point. >> reporter: well there is. and certainly australian authorities have hinted recently that the search wouldn't go on forever, and it might even wrap up later this yea...

If the police on the streets have been at times harassing the family here because of the power they hold as a group in communist party china. but with the search going on now, they believe maybe they will have some kind of answers. if the search stops, it's very difficult to imagine how they will cope with that if at all. >> david mckenzie for us in beijing. thanks very much. now some family members refuse to give up hope that their loved ones are out there somewhere. you heard david mckenzie pointing to exactly that. anna coren joins me now from kuala lumpur. there are very few clues as to wh...

Days that the search will continue but there is a caveat around that that of course being this priority search zone that is currently being scoured. 23,000 square miles in the southern indian ocean, 1,000 nautical miles off western australia. they are more than 40% through that area using four ships, sonar equipment. the terrain, as we know extremely challenging. we're talking about underwater mountains, volcanos trenches 4,000 meters deep. the concern, as you have referenced is that the families are fearful that if nothing is found in this priority search zone the search will be called off. y...

Reevaluate with the experts to find out if we can go go forward, because really essentially, if it's not there, they don't know where it is. they will have to go back to the drawing board, reevaluate this analysis and look for a new search zone. already $120 million has been put into this by australia and malaysia. that is how much money has gone into the kitty for this search. china, listening to what david said then china wants the search to continue. well china has not in actual fact put in any money to this search. yes, they put in some assets and ships, but in actual fact there are no fun...

These families can't grieve still a year on. so many questions and answers. they're waiting for word. how tough has it been on these families? you've been speaking to several families. what are they telling you? >> reporter: it's incredibly tough as you can imagine. this is not just any ordinary tragedy. this is an extraordinary and unprecedented tragedy for these family members. because a year on we know very little. and those answers that have been put out by imarsat and others haven't been trusted by the families. and having the areas swamped with police where they want to grieve it tells y...