China’s top representative in Macau has fallen to his death from the building where he lived, authorities said Sunday.
China’s top representative in Macau has fallen to his death from the building where he lived, authorities said Sunday.
Zheng Xiaosong, 59, the Chinese government’s liaison officer in the semi-autonomous former Portuguese colony, had been suffering from depression, Beijing said in a statement.
Zheng « fell to his death from his Macau residence on the evening of October 20,2018 due to depression », the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council said.
The statement gave no more details but the wording suggested Zheng had killed himself.
Mainland officials were to travel to Macau on Sunday to express their « condolences to comrade Zheng Xiaosong’s family » on behalf of the Chinese government, it added.
