[SIZE="3"][B]“HOME” gives me such “WARM” ceremony

- The Letter from me, a Chinese International Student [/B]


In the past two weeks, about late July 2007, two criminal attacks happened on University Ave, Saint John, NB, Canada. Several Chinese International students physically suffered from being beaten by some individuals. Soon after the attacks happened the victims reported to Saint John local police department. Police officers handled these cases in regular procedures. Of course, we would thank the city police for their hard works; however, I have to add a little more about the general police officers. They might be too busy to be racially sensitive about the cases in terms of how they handled the first case. Here I do not have the rights to release any details. Not until the second case broke out within 10 days, again on University Avenue, did the management level of the Police Force take the matter seriously by adding more police around University Avenue.

These two unproved attacks not only physically and emotionally traumatized the victims, but also seriously disturbed the life of all Chinese students at UNBSJ. Most of Chinese students already know about these cases by now. We have to be aware that today we are living in an information technology era. Bad news is traveling some fast. The students are now afraid to walk on university Ave even during the day light. Some new students have even thought about going back to China.

And here, let’s not forget these are new immigrants in town. What should be considered in their mind? Is Millidgeville where the university is located still a safe area for people to live? Is Saint John still a place embracing new friends in a multicultural environment that supposed to have its beautiful culture diversity to offer? Two criminal attacks had just happened within 15 days! WOW! How about the local safety to be considered for the whole Saint John community?

My heart was breaking when I heard that my fellow Chinese friends were beaten up by some brainless young people. No one, no one should have to suffer such incident in a foreign land, however, Saint John is an actually such friendly and beautiful place in the Maritime Provinces. I know that these criminal acts were definitely not the acts representative of the local community. I truly know better that Saint John as an immigration promotion city, it deserves to have much better things having to offer for the others.

My self, as a senior student in the university, at this point, suddenly felt ever missing home so … much. Even though I want to make Saint John my second home since I have been here for about a half of the decade already, if I could, but in this place, at this point, how should I consider this place a HOME, when there is always someone yelling us “ xxx go back to your country.” Should it be that hard to live in Peace, to enjoy life, and to be ourselves?

To tell you the truth, I feel more than upset about the incidents, I feel angry, but I understand I need to calm the anger, because it is not the time to destroy things, rather it is the time we need to press the officials to immediately identify the individuals who attach and hurt our friends. These individuals have to be lawfully responsible and charged for what they had done.

In recent years, sexual harassment, egg attacking, and verbal abuses often violated international students around the University area, which happened often on University Ave. When the egg incident happened two years ago, Chinese Student & Scholar Association took initiative and contacted the officials, Chinese Embassy in Ottawa, the local Chinese Culture Association, The City of Saint John and The Police Force, including the local Medias and Saint John community as whole had shown their great support. Chinese students believed their student body, and I believe that CSSA would always stand strongly under these solid supports.

“The police will be re-interviewing the victims and will be pressing to identify the individuals responsible.” Yes, for sure, criminal acts have to be handed to the Police Force, and we would love to hold our best faith to it. However, certainly, the criminal acts did cause much grief to the students, to our community, and also to Saint John community as whole.

The Police will have to take this into a greater consideration than ever. As the concern goes in our Chinese community, I believe that the majority of citizens in Saint John will support us in their best.

A Chinese International Student in 5th year
University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada
August 7th 2007

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嗯，丽写得真不错~ 我建议大家把丽的这封信打印下来，贴得到处都是，让所有人都看看。
包括上学的，上班的，起码让身边的人都知道这件事的严重性。让有中国人的地方都看得到这个，一定把事情的严重性强调到最大。好让所有人都重视。

写得好棒啊~支持~我觉得这个可以发表了~~

nice article.

we should remember this fucker's name:

Jonathan Clifford Martin

this is the guy who attacked our students.

[quote name='vj0914']nice article.

we should remember this fucker's name:

Jonathan Clifford Martin

this is the guy who attacked our students.[/QUOTE]

抓到啦?怎么处罚的啊?

right now he pleaded not guilty, but he will appear in court later. And police said they will give him more charges in the court.