Amid Graft Fight, Communist Party Wants Count of 'Unnatural Deaths'

(Beijing) – Governments institutions around the country have been ordered to compile data on Communist Party and government officials who have recently died of "unnatural causes," as the number of apparent suicides in officialdom rises.

The order to start counting and providing details appeared on government websites in at least nine provinces, including Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong and Sichuan.