AmedicalpostgraduatestudentfromatopuniversityinShanghaihasdiedofpoisoning.Hisdeathcameaftertwoweek’sofintensemedicalcareinhospital.Policesayoneofhisroommatesistheirtopsuspectandheisnowbeingquestioned.Itcouldhavebeenanotherragstorichesstoryifthetragedyhadn’thavehappened.Thevictim,28yearoldHuangYang,wasstudyingattheprestigiousFudanUniversity.Hecamefromadestitutefamily,wherebothofhisparentshadbeenlaidoff.Huaang'sfathersaid,"Iamover50yearsoldnow.Iaminsomuchpain.Ifhecan’tlive,hismomdoesn’twanttoliveeither."Accordingtothereportbytheschool,HuangwassenttoahospitalonApril1standhadbeenexperiencingfeverandvomiting.OnSaturday,policedetainedthesuspect,Huang’sroommate,whoissurnamedLin.ThiscameafteranotherstudenttoldpolicethatLinhadbeenexperimentingonmiceusingachemicalcompoundthatcouldbringaboutthesamesymptomsHuanghad.ThenaninvestigationwaslaunchedandpolicelaterfoundtoxiccompoundsinawaterdispenserinHuang’sdormroom.Anautopsywasperformed,buttheresultshavenotbeenreleasedyet.Butthesuspect’smotivationsareunknownandbothHuang’sparentsandtheschooldeniedrumorsthatthetwostudentsdidn’tgetalongbecausetheywerecompetingfordoctoralopportunities.FangMing,deputydirectorofpublicitydep'tofFudanUniversity,said,"It’suptothepolicetoannouncetheirfindings.Butthesetwostudentsbelongtotwodifferentmajorsandwereinterningatdifferenthospitals."Backattheschool,Huang’sdeathhasshockedmanyofhisschoolmates.Huang'sclassmatesaid,"Inevercouldhaveimagineditcouldbelikethis.Hewasveryeasygoingandgotalongwitheverybody."Ontheinternet,thetragedyhasdrawnwidespreadsympathyforthevictimandcondemnationfortheculprit.AnannouncementonFudanUniversity’smicrobloghasbeenrepostedmorethan160,000timesanddrawnover60,000comments.Fangsaid,"It’sanextremecaseboththeschoolandsocietydon’twanttoseeorbear.Ihopeourstudentscanrationallylookatthisandwhilemourningforhim,theycanalsoreflectonthis."Thepolicearestilllookingintothesuspect’smotivationsasmanypeopleacrossthecountrymourn.