Dear Mr. Mayor of Halifax,
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My 21- year old son,Shengwei Mao, was an only child in my family. He went to TESL in Saint Mary’sUniversity to study English and lived at Homestay on September 28, 2007.7 ^2 v7 u/ K: F) e: A& D6 p
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Shengwei Mao called back home on October28, 2007 and expressed how difficult the relationship was between him and hishost family. Afterwards, he lost the contact with home, and disappeared. Icalled the Homestay on November 19, 2007 to ask about Mao, and the host said hehad moved out. The police in China notified us on December 14, 2007 that theCanadian police found the Mao’s body at the harbor two weeks ago, and theyfound a strangling print on his neck, but the Canadian police didn’t releaseany cause of his death to us. 0 o7 I. V+ z- l7 ^
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4 M' G) F7 _' z0 W# X( S# f) FAfter the tragedy passed back, my wholefamily was in a deep grief. The tragedy made my husband who already has a uremiaand had a kidney-transplant operation worse in the bed. As a wife and a mother,after enduring all kinds of hardship to raise him up, I’m completely desperate andin extremely sorrow by this notification full of tragedy. Fortunately, after thoughtfullycomforting by my relatives, I had the wills and courage to continue my life. Asa Chinese citizen and an only child in my family, Mao and I strongly accompaniedhis father to overcome the severe disease and death. Mao especially treasuredfamily affiliation and life. He was a great kid who was dutiful and enthusiastic,had strong wills, and was full of beautiful hopes to study abroad. However, notonly didn’t he learn any foreign skill to serve back for his home nation andhis parents, but he was done with his life overseas. Up to today, even thecauses of his death are not discovered yet, and how couldn’t I suspectsomething going on there? " r0 X6 q: l+ i+ @# V, C

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As a completed legal-system nation, and afriendly country with China,the Canadian police must have the ability to detect this criminal case, which Istrongly believe!
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I supplicate Mr. Mayor to personally supervisethe local police to discover this case as soon as possible, and Halifax Municipality to properly treat with myonly son’s body to comfort his poor soul in the heaven. Please justify aChinese civilian family! My poor husband is at death’s door in the bed, and I’mnot able to come overseas. Whoever deeply concerns about the poor mother of me,please go and visit my son’s body for me!) N! _3 ^" L5 h% M
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Sincerely,sincerely, and sincerely again.
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5 s' c) i: v+ M: ?* b& A7 J' qFrom the voice ofgrief and indignation of a Chinese mother0 v  Y1 f7 M# i' ?0 |

我也帮忙写了一个译文，贴在这里。希望能帮上些忙！
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/ \+ m5 v' V/ G/ y0 Q; ADear Mr. Mayor:
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My only child, Shengwei Mao, went missing since October 28, 2007, and was found dead at the end of November. I am writing to ask for your help in investigating his sudden suspicious death.
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Shengwei is a very responsible and reliable twenty-one years old young man. He always dreamed to go abroad for university education. When he found out he would have a chance to study in Saint Mary’s University, he was very happy and excited. On September 28, 2007, he flew to Halifax and started his study as a new student in the Teaching English as Second Language (TESL). In order to assist students to adjust to the new environment quickly, the school has arranged
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. A, i1 d8 L( c! xAlthough Shengwei very much enjoyed his new life in Canada, he felt homesick. He called me at October 28, 2007, and said that it was very hard to get along with his host family. I started worrying about him, but I did not expect that was my last conversation with him. Shengwei went missing and had not contacted me ever since. Worried and desperate, I called the host family on November 19, 2007. The host told me that Shengwei had moved out a while ago. I had been trying to contact all his friends to find a clue in the last two months until the Chinese police department notified us Shengwei’s death on December 14, 2007. According to them, RCMP found my son’s body in the harbor two weeks before, and there was a strangling mark on his neck, but RCMP has not release the cause of his death to us yet.8 w/ T+ g, ?1 q' F) a4 K

9 O: ^% |/ G+ m9 e+ q* hThe tragic news hit us very hard! My husband, a kidney-transplant operation survivor, was rushed to ER and dying in the hospital. As a wife and a mother, I was extremely sad and desperate. Shengwei was a great kid and he was the treasure of my life. He was very mature, responsible, and full of energy. When his father got sick last year, he had showed his deep love of his family and strong support. He was so enthusiastic about this opportunity to study in Saint Mary’s University. I could not believe that such an energetic young man has become a lifeless body in two months. I could not help wondering what happened to my son in his last days. 1 H' j' S4 z" Y$ B4 l- \9 S. H
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) F9 P& _5 n5 r3 [7 h# I( }# DAs a desperate mother, I supplicate you to assist me investigating my son’s sudden death. With his father dying in the bed, I could not fly to Halifax to see my son. Please properly treat Shengwei’s body and comfort his soul in heaven. I would be very appreciated if you could investigate Shengwei’s suspicious death and let him rest in peace.
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