{
  "id": 2364880,
  "title": "Outrage as China programmer’s toilet death ruled non-work-related for being ‘not at desk’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/outrage-as-china-programmers-toilet-death-ruled-non-work-related-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T10:49:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3364847/outrage-china-programmers-toilet-death-ruled-non-work-related-being-not-desk"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}