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A police officer in China has been declared a revolutionary hero after drinking himself to death at an official dinner.
Chen Lusheng, 38, a traffic policeman in the southern city of Shenzhen, “died in the line of duty” following the epic drinking bout at a dinner with officials in October, the state-run China Daily said.
Mr Chen was awarded the designation of “martyr” after his family complained that compensation offered over his death was inadequate, it said.
The status means the relatives could get more than the 360,000 yuan (£32,500) normally paid out over the death of a working sergeant.
The policeman had become notorious for his drinking ability and “became a target of the hosts, who, one by one, asked for the officer to ‘gan bei’,” the paper said.
“Gan bei” is Chinese for “cheers”, and literally means “drain the glass”.
After vomiting, Mr Chen was taken to rest on a nearby sofa where he was soon found breathless and with a purple face, the report said. He later died in hospital of suffocation.
The police officer’s death was the latest in a string of casualties arising from the Chinese tradition in which officials and businessmen ply guests with strong liquor at elaborate banquets to frequent cries of “gan bei!”
A village party secretary in eastern China was found dead last month after a night of boozing with businessmen.
And a water resource official in central China died in July after excessive drinking at a formal dinner.
The state Xinhua news agency said in July that about £45bn in public funds is spent each year on official banquets.
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