CRIME | Debt-laden Chinese worker plunges to death

Local police have launched a probe following the discovery of a male body at the Nam Van Lake on Sunday, which has allegedly been linked to a suicide over financial debt.
According to the authorities, the body was found floating in the lake close to the Mandarin Oriental Macau by a local in the morning, who immediately reported the discovery to the police.
They later found out that the 29-year-old mainlander’s family had sought police intervention the day before, when he was reported to have suddenly gone missing.
The suicide note found at his workplace, at which he worked as a salesman, suggested that the debt-ridden worker intentionally plunged into the lake after he found himself unable to pay off the heavy debts.
The case is pending a post-mortem report to confirm the cause of death.
Last year, the government recorded a total of 1,939 deaths in the region, 47 of which were suicides.
Earlier in April, the head of the Health Bureau, Lei Chin Ion, stressed during a debate at the legislative assembly that the local suicide rate stood below the standard set by the World Health Organization – less than 13 suicides in a population of 100,000 every year. Staff reporter