A couple of further thoughts on the topic
a) The pusher was on his way to the hospital to pick up psychiatric meds, so maybe he wasn't 100% right anyway.
b) The pushee was only 26 feet off the ground, which suggests to me that there might be some truth to Lai's suggestion that... "They do not really dare to kill themselves. Instead, they just want to raise the relevant government authorities' attention to their appeals."...reminds me of the punchline of an old joke.... "I may be crazy, but I ain't stupid"