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Outrage as China programmer’s toilet death ruled non-work-related for being ‘not at desk’
South China Morning Post
Public anger has surged on mainland social media after authorities declined to classify the death of a programmer in his company’s toilet as work-related. According to Jiupai News, Xing Zhi, a 39-year-old programmer from Shenzhen and father of two, died in his company’s toilet in April. After clocking in that morning, Xing went directly to a second-floor toilet instead of his 11th-floor desk and never returned. He was later discovered collapsed in the toilet and was pronounced dead after...
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