[Ammi]

A woman from Taiwan gave a running commentary of her suicide on Facebook, but none of her 'friends' intervened or called for help.

The Daily Mail reports that Claire Lin, 31, described her gradual asphyxiation to nine friends as she died after inhaling poisonous fumes.

Police officer Hsieh Ku-ming from Taipei said that Miss Lin took her own life on her birthday, March 18. Family members reported her suicide on the morning after her death, but were unaware that she had been online at the time.

One picture posted from her mobile phone shows a charcoal barbecue burning next to two stuffed animals. Another shows the room filled with fumes.

One friend, identified as Chung Hsin, told her: "Be calm, open the window, put out the charcoal fire, please, I beg you."

Miss Lin replied: "The fumes are suffocating. They fill my eyes with tears, Don't write me any more."

Her last words, written in Chinese, were: "Too late. My room is filled with fumes. I just posted another pictures. Even while I'm dying, I still want FB [Facebook]. Must be FB poison. Haha."

Her earlier messages indicated that she was unhappy because her boyfriend was ignoring her and had failed to return home to spend time with her on her birthday.

He found her body the following morning.

Officer Hsieh Ku-ming said that he regretted that none of Miss Lin's friends had called the police during the time that she was online.

He said: "It could be true that it would be hard to track down a Facebook friend without her address or phone contact."

Chai Ben-rei, a sociologist at Taiwan's Feng Chia University, said: "People may have doubts about what they see on the internet because of its virtual nature, and fail to take action on it."

[Jake.]

Bloody horrible....

[Marc]

[Novo]

I know it sounds horrible but i cringe when i hear things like this now, there is just to much of it going on

[Marc]

I think it's really lame to do it over facebook, like she only had 9 friends on facebook, why not just do it in public if you want attention.

[Novo]

inhaling poisonous fumes as well.. sounds like it would be a painful way to go

[arista]

Yes but not in the Western World

Asia is nothing like here.

So it's not so shocking


You missed Taiwan off the title Heading,

[Z]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes but not in the Western World

Asia is nothing like here.

So it's not so shocking


You missed Taiwan off the title Heading,

I don't know how you can say that - people all over the world do crazy things like this regardless of geographical location. This is a shame, but I think it's a bit over the top to put any blame on her Facebook friends for not reporting it as it happened - how stupid would you feel if it turned out to be a hoax? Most people assume people are crying wolf when such things take place online.

[Niall]

That's awful! Her friends should've called the police!

Originally Posted by arista

Yes but not in the Western World

Asia is nothing like here.

So it's not so shocking


You missed Taiwan off the title Heading,

It matters not whether the woman was Taiwanese or Welsh, Arista.

I know I'm not allowed to point out your bigotry, but I feel that was a horrible thing to write, and I can't let it pass without comment.

Posting style shouldn't be something which shields post content from criticism.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Jesus.H.Christ

It matters not whether the woman was Taiwanese or Welsh, Arista.

I know I'm not allowed to point out your bigotry, but I feel that was a horrible thing to write, and I can't let it pass without comment.

Posting style shouldn't be something which shields post content from criticism.

Agreed, her agitated mental state made her do what she did... not the fact she was from taiwan...