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Guo Bing Long, 28
From Fuqing of Fujian
He was a farmer. Married with two children. He still owed 300,000 RMB when he drowned in Morecambe Bay. The moneylenders had been chasing and pushing for money since Guo's death.
His wife Ong Li Hong said: "Bing Long's mother was so saddened by his death and felt so burdened with the debt that she committed suicide near his burial site in Fujian after visiting it on Yuan Xiao Day in 2005. What was left behind is my elderly father-in-law, two children and a broken family. Since he was gone, I could not face life for over a year. But for my children, I have to stand up and go out to work. To hide away from the moneylenders, I've been working outside of our province. All my earnings go to the children's education. I couldn't think about paying the debts - it's not possible. And so I try not to go home often, to avoid the creditors."
The entire family now lives on Ong Li Hong's meagre wages as a babysitter. Her now 10-year-old son Guo Ming Hui and her 7-year-old daughter Guo Yu Wei are both at primary school.
