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Mother kills herself because her son's fiancée is 'too short'
Previous reports indicated that the woman committed suicide because she couldn't afford the expensive betrothal gifts demanded by his son's fiancée, reported People's Daily.
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Du Chuanfeng, a local police officer, claimed that her son's fiancée had asked her future in-laws to buy a new car, but the couple didn't have enough money to do so.
Mr Du said he rescued the woman's husband and her son from the river.
The Propaganda Department of Ningling County however has denied the claims.
In a post on their official social media account on Wednesday, the authority said the mother killed herself because she was unhappy about her son's fiancée's height.
The woman has been identified as 47-year-old Ms Lin and her husband has been identified as 46-year-old Mr Gao.
The statement read: 'The dead person, Ms Lin, had disagreement with her son regarding her son's engagement.
'Her son's partner came from the same town as the family. Ms Lin did not like her son's partner, claiming she was too short.
'She threatened to kill herself.'
The woman was said to have taken her life 'on a sudden impulse' after passing a local river on her scooter.
The woman's husband, Mr Gao, and her son are yet to release a statement.