A Taiwanese court has again ruled the city failed to properly mark safe swimming areas, a win for the drowned student's family and a warning to other public site managers.

• A high school student drowned in 2023 after drifting into a surfing and kitesurfing zone at Dajia Seaside Park in Taichung; his body was found two days later.
• The Taichung High Court upheld the first ruling, ordering the city's scenic area office to pay the parents about NT$2.18 million.
• The office argued signs and zone divisions existed both on site and online, and that the student was outside the allowed swimming area without a flotation device.
• Judges said the signs used map coordinates and scattered bamboo poles, so ordinary visitors could not tell where the safe area ended.
• The court found that unclear marking directly led to the student wandering into dangerous water.

Outlook: The city can still appeal, but the ruling pushes beach and scenic site managers to replace coordinate-based signage with boundaries visitors can actually see.