deaths
August 22, 2011
Yao Yuanjun, Chinese border police officer (born 1993)
Death of Yao Yuanjun
Yao Yuanjun was a border police officer with the rank of Private who served in the People's Armed Police Border Defense Corps. Yao drowned in the Shweli river while attempting to arrest a drug trafficker on the China-Myanmar Border.
August 22
August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 131 days remain until the end of the year.