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Missing Chinese student found dead in London

Death of Yan Sihong from Liaoning province not treated as suspicious

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Police are not treating the death of Chinese student Yan Sihong as suspicious. Photo: Ifeng.com
Zhuang Pinghuiin Beijing

A Chinese student who disappeared in London two weeks ago was found dead on Wednesday. 

Police discovered the body of Yan Sihong, a doctorate student at King’s College London, at an address in Westminster.

The death was not being treated as suspicious and police said her next of kin had been informed. 

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Yin, 35, a native of Shenyang in Liaoning province, had been studying at the college since September 2016.

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association at King’s said she had been due to meet friends over the Lunar New Year holiday on February 16 but did not show up or reply to messages. 

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King’s said her college email account was logged into two days later, but nothing had been heard of her since. 

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