Selfless policeman who died at work is honored by thousands

The sudden death of a police officer after he worked 36 straight hours, saddened tens of thousands of people in Jiangsu province's Haian county.

On July 4, thousands of residents attended the funeral of the 48-year-old officer, Gao Guangxi. He was the director of the Chengnan police station in downtown Haian and had worked in law enforcement for 24 years.

Gao was found unconscious in front of his desk by Zhang Jianhua, a colleague who received a phone call from Gao's wife, Yang Mei, asking him to check on Gao around 6:30 pm on July 1 after failing to reach him many times.