Shenzhen landslide aftermath: official who rubber-stamped waste dump that triggered disaster takes his own life
Death is among a string of suicides which have followed unnatural disasters.
A government official who approved a construction waste dump that triggered the massive landslide in Shenzhen last week has jumped from a building to his death, state media reported.
Police received a tip-off that a man had fallen from a building in a residential area of the Nanshan district of the city, the state-run news agency Xinhua said.
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Investigators at the scene found the man had committed suicide, the report said, citing a statement from the district Public Security Bureau.
The man was identified as Xu Yuanan, the director of Shenzhen Guangming New District Urban Management Bureau.
Shenzhen police said on Monday afternoon that it had detained 12 people including several executives from the site operator, Yixianglong Investment Development Company, along with others suspected of being responsible for the landslide.
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