So shocking. This family lived in the same community in China that I used to liv...

So shocking. This family lived in the same community in China that I used to live. Many of my friends know him well. Also, the baijiu thing has long been an issue for businessmen, including my own husband. How sad for his wife and family. They are in my prayers. --Kay

From article: Things had got so bad that Mr Mason sent his wife an email while he was away raising the subject of breaking their contracts and returning to Australia. It was the last time she would ever hear from him.

The following day “an old Chinese man” came to the house “frantically ringing” the doorbell.

Mrs Phillips-Mason was driven to a police station in the town where the conference had been held.

“I thought, whatever is going on, this is going to be one hell of a good story to tell our mates back home,” she said.

But then police told her to get into a military van, which they drove to an outdoor morgue in a remote village.

With curious villagers looking on, her husband’s body was removed from one of the fridges.

“I screamed. I could barely stand,” she said. “He was wrapped in clear plastic and tied with ropes.


Australian expat’s mystery death during work trip to China leaves widow seeking answers
www.dailytelegraph.com.au
IT was always the worst part of Neil Mason’s job in China, the only foreigner among a group of hard-drinking, chinese-speaking colleagues on another dreaded “team-bonding” weekend away from his wife.