05-11-2010 Reuters: Another worker dies at south China plant supplying Apple, Dell and HP

Extract from Reuters:

A worker has committed suicide at Foxconn Technology Group's south China manufacturing complex, the company said on Friday, the latest in a string of young migrant workers who have died at its factories this year.

A key manufacturer of iPhones and iPads for Apple and computer gadgets for other global brands like Hewlett Packard and Dell, the company said the 23-year-old male employee was found dead early on Friday outside a dormitory.

"The police are carrying out an investigation into this matter and Foxconn is cooperating fully with that process," it said in a statement. "We have expressed our condolences to the family of the deceased employee."

Labour rights groups say there have been at least 13 suicides at Foxconn's factories across China this year, not including Friday's death. China's official Xinhua news agency had reported earlier that the employee had fallen to his death.