Chinese man jumps to death after failing to get hundreds of thousands of yuan in unpaid wages from ex-boss

A man jumped to his death from a building in eastern China on Tuesday after failing repeatedly to get his salary – totalling hundreds of thousands of yuan – from his former employer.

The man, identified only by his surname Li, had been trying to locate his former employer at the building in Changfeng county, Anhui province, according to Anhui Commercial News.

Li, in his 50s, reportedly started working with his former boss, a businessman, eight years ago but had been owed his salary – amounting to a six-figure sum in yuan – over the years, the report quoted Li’s family as saying.

Li tried repeatedly to retrieve his wages from the businessman, but to no avail, the report said.