Man attempts suicide after spending $18,000 he didn’t have  

小伙春節透支信用卡11萬 跳江自殺被冬泳者救醒

為了春節能夠過得體面，福州永泰的小楊用4張信用卡透支11萬余元。春節過后，小楊身上的錢全花光了。眼看信用卡的還款時間就要到了，小楊卻沒錢償還卡債。昨天，他經過福州閩江大橋時，竟想要跳江自殺，幸好被江上的冬泳人員救起。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A 32-year-old man attempted suicide after he failed to pay his credit card debt of 110,000 yuan ($18,141) in total, the Strait Metropolis Daily said on Saturday.

He had used the entire overdraft to make himself look rich in front of relatives during Spring Festival, it said.

The man, surnamed Yang, is a labor contractor who worked in Fuzhou, Fujian province. He didn't earn enough money to help him look good in front of his family and friends, so he decided to take advances from his four credit cards.

Most of the money went to gambling with his friends, and the rest was used as gifts to Yang's family members.

Yang said he didn't think he would spend so much money during the short holiday, and he learned the specific sum only after he received short messages from the banks.

The man tried to borrow money but failed. Knowing he couldn't afford to pay back the debt, Yang chose to commit suicide.

He jumped into a river in Fuzhou on Friday morning but was saved by an old man who was swimming in the river.