By Zuo Likun (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-02-10 10:34
Insomnia-inflicted Liu Xianjin, chief prosecutor in Maoming city, leaped eight floors to his death at his home in south China's Guangdong province at dawn on February 5.
This is the fifth publicized unnatural death of a Chinese official so far this year, according to available statistics summed by Nanfang Daily.
The macabre figure was thirteen in 2009, six of which occurred in December alone, the newspaper said.
