Chinese man loses RM386,233 compensation after he was fired for travelling to Hainan while on ‘bed rest’

Travellers at an airport in China. During his time off work on medical leave, Xu’s colleague spotted him at an airport in Hainan. — Reuters

A Chinese employee of a high-tech company has lost the compensation of more than 600,000 yuan (RM386,233) he received for being fired after he was spotted at China’s holiday island, Hainan, while he was supposed to be on medical leave for about two weeks.

In mid-April, a court in Beijing upheld that the decision to fire him was befitting, following a long saga that started in 2019.