HONG KONG: A 26-year-old Chinese rooftopping enthusiast has been confirmed dead more than a month after the popular online star abruptly stopped posting videos on Weibo. Police said Wu Yongning fell to his death from the 62-storey Huayuan Hua Centre, one of the tallest buildings in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, on Nov 8. The rooftopping challenge had come with 100,000 yuan (US$15,000) in prize money, his family was quoted as saying by Xiaoxiang Morning Herald on Saturday. Wu, from Ningxiang in Hunan, worked as an extra in films before turning to a career in rooftopping. Wu might have risked his life to take home the prize money, his step-uncle Feng Shengliang was quoted as saying.

Source: New Strait Times December 12, 2017 03:00 UTC