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DISASTERELEVATED1h ago · Sep 6, 2026, 2:14 AM

Junior Chinese customs officer killed in mudslide just 4 days into job deeply moves public

South China Morning Post · east asia

The tragic death of a junior Chinese customs officer on the Sino-Nepal border, who had only been in her position for four days before being killed in a catastrophic mudslide, has stirred immense heartbreak online. Twenty-four-year-old Li Leiyang began her role as a plant quarantine officer at the Customs at Gyirong Port in Tibet on August 21, according to a report by news portal 163.com. On August 26, while Li was working at her desk, a glacier collapsed in Nepal, triggering a mudslide and...

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