According to the Chengdu Business Daily, on October 6, 2008, female presenter of Guiyang TV Station, Ms. She Jian, was found dead in her bedroom. Later, the forensic doctor determined it as a suicide, with the time of death being around dawn on October 3.
In the遗book left to her parents and husband Zhou Jun, the motive for her suicide was judged to be due to emotional distress, unable to endure the pain of an unhappy marriage.
The "love-suicide incident" involving government intervention
Unexpectedly, on the morning of the 18th, Xiao Jiaxuan, the standing deputy secretary of the Guiyang Political and Legal Affairs Commission, came to She Jian's memorial service and revealed to her parents that She Jian's suicide and its aftermath have been incorporated into the scope of government work, and a special meeting has already been held to discuss the handling of the aftermath.
Xiao Jiaxuan said that according to the decision of the meeting, the government will focus on two aspects of progress: one is to "mobilize all means, including state machinery" to find Zhou Jun.