A months-long probe over the death of a Chinese medical whistleblower ended with authorities labeling it a suicide. But neither the parents nor the public are convinced.
Luo Shuaiyu, a medical intern at the Second Xiangya Hospital, was weeks short of completing his graduate study when he was found dead outside his school dormitory building in May 2024, with two buttons missing from his shirt. A pair of his glasses were found broken on his bed.
His death occurred amid the investigation of a Chinese physician from the same hospital who had operated on patients who didn’t require surgery. The physician, Liu Xiangfeng, was sentenced to 17 years in prison months after Luo’s death.
Luo had collected a large trove of materials implicating Liu and others in the hospital in intentionally harming patients and engaging in organ trade.
A person close to the Luo family told The Epoch Times that Luo had resisted complying with the hospital’s demands to find child donor organs. He died just after he expressed his intention to report the hospital.
In a June report on the probe, Chinese officials, along with the hospital-affiliated Central South University, jointly concluded that Luo had jumped off the