07-04-2010 The Telegraph: Four suicide attempts in a month at Foxconn, factory supplying Apple
07-04-2010
Excerpt from the Telegraph blog post:
Even as the iPad breaks all sales records, something deeply disturbing is happening at Foxconn, the China-based company that manufactures the gadget for Apple.
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The police in Shenzhen are investigating all the incidents, and have not given any clarification about the motives in each case. However, a spate of four suicide attempts within a month is a sign that something is rotten in the Foxconn plant. Several attempts to contact Foxconn today to comment on the conditions at Longhua were unsuccessful.
Last July, Sun Danyong, a university graduate, was the first person reported to have jumped to his death, after committing suicide in the wake of an iPhone prototype going missing.
The Longhua plant is the single largest assembly base in the world for computers, mobile phones and consumer electronics. Around 300,000 workers reportedly live and work there.
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Journalists from Reuters, walking too close to Foxconn’s Shenzhen headquarters, were assaulted by security. When the police arrived, they explained that Foxconn was a “special case” in the city. Which is why it is unlikely that we’ll ever find out why those Foxconn staff jumped.
| Website: | http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/malcolmmoore/100033036/four-suicide-attempts-in-a-month-at-foxconn-the-makers-of-the-ipad/ |
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