The University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and Security is investigating the March 20 death of Danhao Wang, an assistant research scientist in the College of Engineering. A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed — though not naming the individual — said a U-M researcher was subjected to “hostile questioning” by federal law enforcement prior to his death.
In an email to The Michigan Daily, Melissa Overton, DPSS deputy chief of police, wrote that the incident is being investigated as “a possible act of self-harm.”
“On March 19, at approximately 11:00 p.m., officers from the University of Michigan Police Department responded to a report of a subject who fell inside the George G. Brown Building,” the statement read. “A faculty research assistant was found after falling from an upper level and was later pronounced deceased.”…