China: President Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown linked to officials’ suicides
Reports of a third Chinese official committing suicide last month – following news that four other officials killed themselves in March – have caused a stir among users of mainland social media.
On Thursday morning Chen Tianhong, the head of a town in Jiangsu province, jumped to his death from the 21st floor of the government building.
Family members said Chen, 34, was emotionally unstable at the time of his death after suffering from serious insomnia, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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