native_name_lang death_date death_place birth_place nationality parents native_name birth_date alma_mater spouse article_title name occupation death_cause
chinese march 23 , 2011 -lrb- aged 34 -rrb- anhui , china shandong , china chinese zhu xiumei 陈刚 1977 hefei university of technology li zhihui suicide of chen gang
 chen gang university lecturer suicide
suicide of chen gang

chen gang -lrb- ; 1977 -- march 23 , 2011 -rrb- was a lecturer at the hefei university of technology , located in anhui province in central china .
chen killed himself by jumping out of a 12th-story window in a campus building on march 23 , 2011 , after he found out he had lost out to a rival to become the next communist youth league leader at the university .
in chen 's suicide note , he asserted that the selection process was unfair and riddled with corruption , and accused the university 's top leaders of collusion .
chen 's case gained national notoriety .
chen 's family attempted to blame chen 's suicide on the university administration , while the university leadership refused to acknowledge any responsibility .
