BEIJING: Though he did not die giving a hot chase to getaway robbers or stopping lawbreakers, yet a Chinese traffic police officer was named a 'martyr' after dying due to heavy drinking at a banquet.
Chen Lusheng, a police sergeant in Shenzhen traffic police in Guangdong Province in southern China was deemed to have died a martyr "in the line of duty" after he was made to attend a banquet by senior party officials for his ability to hold his liquor, the 'China Daily' reported.
Chen became the target of his hosts who repeatedly asked him to "genbei" or "bottoms up" as toast after toast were raised, the report said.
The officer was off-duty when he was invited to a drink- binge. Chen vomited and passed out on a couch and suffocated. He later died in hospital.
His death touched panic among his party official hosts who decided to make him a martyr, in an apparent attempt to meet his family's demand for more compensation.
The daily said after being pressurized by his family the police designated Chen a martyr, so that his family was illegible for a compensation of upto 650,000 yuan (USD 95,000) in compensation, almost double the amount he would have got on death as a working sergeant.
Chen Lusheng, a police sergeant in Shenzhen traffic police in Guangdong Province in southern China was deemed to have died a martyr "in the line of duty" after he was made to attend a banquet by senior party officials for his ability to hold his liquor, the 'China Daily' reported.
Chen became the target of his hosts who repeatedly asked him to "genbei" or "bottoms up" as toast after toast were raised, the report said.
The officer was off-duty when he was invited to a drink- binge. Chen vomited and passed out on a couch and suffocated. He later died in hospital.
His death touched panic among his party official hosts who decided to make him a martyr, in an apparent attempt to meet his family's demand for more compensation.
The daily said after being pressurized by his family the police designated Chen a martyr, so that his family was illegible for a compensation of upto 650,000 yuan (USD 95,000) in compensation, almost double the amount he would have got on death as a working sergeant.
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