China's top Macau representative Zheng Xiaosong, dies after falling from his building

Zheng Xiaosong, the head of China’s liaison office to Macau who died after falling off his building where he lived. Zheng is said to have been suffering from depression. [Courtesy]

China’s top representative to Macau died late on Saturday after falling from the building where he lived, the Chinese government said on Sunday.

Zheng Xiaosong, the head of China’s liaison office to Macau, had been suffering from depression, the Hong Kong and Macau Office of the Chinese government’s State Council said in a statement, adding representatives of the Beijing government visited Macau to offer condolences. The statement did not elaborate further on the circumstances of his death.