Chinese College Student Takes Own Life After Losing World Cup Bets
A second-year college student in China leaped to his death after losing money on the World Cup.
By Mei Mei Chu — 24 Jun 2014, 04:56 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
A college student in China has taken his own life after losing more than (RM9,642) gambling on the World Cup
A college student in China leaped to his death after losing more than US$3,000 (RM9,642) gambling on the World Cup, state media reported today.
On Monday, 30 June 2014, Lin jumped from the seventh floor of his campus building.
The second-year student, identified only by his surname Lin, jumped from the seventh floor of a building on his campus on Monday, the Information Times said, citing a witness. Lin was rushed to hospital in Panyu in the southern province of Guangdong, but doctors were not able to revive him, the newspaper said.
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Before Lin jumped, a witness heard him saying "do not force me" and "give me two days and I'll return you the money".
"I heard him say 'do not force me' and 'give me two more days and I'll return you the money'," the report quoted the witness as saying. "He talked on the phone for more than 10 minutes. I saw him hang up and stand up and then all in a sudden he just disappeared," she said.
According to a classmate, Lin had lost nearly 20,000 yuan (RM10,300) on several World Cup games.
Another student described as a classmate of Lin's said the gambler had lost nearly 20,000 yuan (RM10,300) in bets on several World Cup games, it said.
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Lim had also borrowed a huge sum of money with a high interest rate
"We heard that he borrowed quite a lot of money and the interest rate was rather high," said the student, according to the report. It did not specify which teams Lin had backed.