Police Release Surveillance Video Footage of Student Just Before His Deadly Fall

Police in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu have disclosed surveillance video footage and additional details about the investigation into the death of a high school student, a case that has been widely followed on social media, with internet users demanding all evidence about the cause of death to be made public.

The municipal police department in Chengdu have concluded that the 17-year-old student, surnamed Liu, fell to his death Sunday evening from a platform that connected the fourth floor of the No. 49 High School with its gymnasium, according to a detailed report that the state-run Xinhua News Agency published Thursday.