Five arrested over death of graduate duped by fake company

APD NEWS

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Five people in relation to a death of a university graduate have been arrested, one of them was accused of organizing a pyramid scheme, the rest of them were accused of illegal detentions.

Li Wenxing, a student at the Northeastern University, was found dead floating in a pond in Jinghai District, northern China's Tianjin Municipality on July 14.

The five people admitted their crimes of luring Li to Jinghai District by posting fake recruitment advertisements.

The investigation of how Li drowned is still underway.

(CGTN)