His Daughter Lai Yiming Had Been Brutally Murdered Without Telling Anyone and a Policeman Who Was Not Involved Was Ordered Not to Look for Anyone Because He Did Not Have the Money to Buy Food or Help With the Execution

 87 Years Ago Today

Friday 8th of March 1935
Silent film actress Lingyu Ruan commits suicide by an overdose of barbiturates at the age of 25 in Shanghai, China.
Ruan's funeral procession was reportedly three miles long with three women committing suicide during the event.

According to this story, Liang Yu's father, Wang Jianwen, had told the news report that his daughter, Lai Yiming, had been brutally murdered without telling anyone and a policeman, who was not involved, was ordered not to look for anyone because he did not have the money to buy food or help with the execution. Liu and his father also claim that Liu Xiaobo never told anyone of her death. Nonetheless her family's claim of complicity may be the most telling and disturbing evidence that has come to light about what happened at the funeral. The story, which comes after years of speculation, has prompted international criticism that China is increasingly turning into a drug-free version of the 1970s. The most recent report released on the topic shows that China continues to practice drug-free living, even in such difficult circumstances as death of a loved one and, in some cases, suicide. Nevertheless it also shows that Liu Xiaobo's family is deeply involved in the system, and that even when Liu Xiaobo dies young, her own family members, who are no longer members of either the Beijing or Shanghai authorities, still work for the local drug-testing