But for Chinese national Jiang Hui, 50, Qingming presents a
dilemma: how to honor his mother, Jiang Cui Yun, who vanished 10
years ago aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
"It feels wrong to go and pay respects to my mother because she
hasn't been declared dead. But if I don't pay respects, I miss
her terribly and feel unable to do anything else in her memory,"
Jiang told Reuters in the Malaysian capital.
"There doesn't seem to be any alternative method available.
Therefore, on that day, it's like being in an unbearable
situation where neither doing nor not doing feels right."
Jiang's mother, who was 71 when she went missing, was among 239
passengers and crew, including 153 Chinese citizens, aboard
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 which disappeared on March 8, 2014,
en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in one of the world's
greatest aviation mysteries.
Two underwater searches conducted between 2015 and 2018 in the
southern Indian Ocean, where the plane was believed to have
crashed, have proved fruitless.
Jiang said he has struggled to explain his mother's whereabouts
to his young son and often breaks down emotionally.
He and loved ones of other passengers have consistently pushed
for authorities in Australia, China and Malaysia to reopen
investigations.
On Friday, he and three other Chinese nationals visited the
office of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to submit a
letter pleading for the government to mount a fresh search.
Anwar said this week Malaysia was willing to reopen a probe if
there was compelling new evidence.
"Ten years have passed, but the goal of the family members,
their original intention, remains unchanged: to find their loved
ones, to find the plane. It's as simple as that," Jiang said.
"Bring them back to us, whether they are dead or alive."
(Writing by Rozanna Latiff; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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