Wu's death 'accidental', agency says

Mystery continues to surround the death of Wu Jianping, a senior figure within the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), despite the agency making its first official statement about the case on Friday.

"Wu's death was an accident," Yan Fengmin, deputy director of AQSIQ's law enforcement and inspection department told a press briefing in Beijing, without elaborating.

"He was helping prosecutors investigate a corruption case involving another agency, but no charges had been filed against him," he said.