新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：Finance Chief of Troubled China Province Dies in High-Rise Fall
新闻日期：2024-09-20
中央省份湖南省财政厅厅长刘文杰于当地时间周四早上从13层楼下坠身亡，当地媒体报道称，此案正在刑事调查中。
根据新浪财经报道，刘文家的两位访客也在同一事件中不幸去世。两人与刘的工作相关，但未提供更多细节。
本次事件引起中国国内的关注，特别是在当局要求12个省份增加财政支持时，湖南省是其中之一。该地区因房地产市场疲软和经济放缓等因素，收入不断收缩，需增加财务支持以满足日常开支需求。
湖南省长沙市公安局在其官方微信账户上表示，正在调查一起刑事案件，这起案件中，一名58岁的刘姓女性被杀害，另外两名31岁和35岁的男性也一同坠亡。警方未透露刘的具体姓名，但相关信息与财政厅长的描述相符。当地警方没有提及刘文杰死亡的任何可能原因。
湖南省政府对此暂无回应。
原文摘要：
The finance chief of China’s central Hunan province fell to her death from a high-rise building Thursday, local media have reported, in what’s being investigated as a criminal matter. Liu Wenjie, director of the provincial finance administration, fell from her 13th-floor apartment, news outlet Yicai as saying. In a separate report, Caixin the incident was being probed as a “criminal case,” suggesting Liu, 58, was killed. The provincial finance administration a brief obituary on Friday afternoon that confirmed Liu was murdered, providing no other details apart from the exact time of her death. Caixin reported that two men who’d visited Liu’s home in a residential compound adjacent to the Hunan finance department’s offices also died in the fall, according to sources it didn’t identify. Yicai said the two “were associated” with Liu’s work, without elaborating further.Details remained sparse but the event attracted scrutiny in China, given it happened at a time when local governments are running short of cash to meet daily spending needs while their income gets squeezed by a real estate slump and a broader economic slowdown. Hunan was among 12 provinces identified by authorities as “” areas requiring more financial support last year.A local police bureau in the provincial capital city of Changsha, where the incident happened, it was investigating a criminal case that took place on Thursday morning. In a statement posted on its WeChat account, the bureau said a 58-year-old woman surnamed Liu was murdered and two other male suspects, aged 31 and 35 respectively, died in the fall. While it didn’t give the victim’s full name, in line with police rules, details such as the address and the age match the profile of the provincial finance chief. Local police didn’t specify any potential motives behind Liu’s death. Hunan’s provincial government didn’t immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.
