New | Chongqing police ‘hero’ in Bo Xilai’s ‘strike black’ campaign commits suicide
Local crime squad chief Zhou Yu hanged himself in a hotel room, officials said
A senior police official in Chongqing, once hailed as a hero of disgraced leader Bo Xilai's crackdown on organised crime, has killed himself.
The body of Zhou Yu was found hanging in a hotel room in the Yuzhong district of the municipality on Friday night, according to a posting on the local Public Security Bureau's social media account.
Police said an initial investigation had found that Zhou, the head of a commercial crimes investigation unit, appeared to have been depressed because of his poor health.
He had diabetes and heart disease.
He had also recently been diagnosed with a serious liver illness and had appeared in low spirits in front of colleagues, the Public Security Bureau said.