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Another Foxconn Worker Dead in Possible Suicide

Employee fell off company dorm building

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 20, 2010 11:11 AM CDT

(Newser) – Foxconn, the beleaguered Chinese company that produces products for Apple, Dell, HP, Sony, and other international electronics giants, has suffered what looks like another suicide. A man fell from a dormitory building to his death today, according to the official Xinhua news agency, and officials are investigating.

If he did indeed jump, he’d be the 11th Foxconn worker to kill himself this year, according to Reuters. Those deaths—and the accompanying negative publicity and labor unrest—have cut Foxconn's share price to 64¢, half what it was in January.

In this file photo taken May 25, 2010, a dozen labor activists throw paper money in front of paper figures representing Chinese employees of Foxconn Technology Group.
In this file photo taken May 25, 2010, a dozen labor activists throw paper money in front of paper figures representing Chinese employees of Foxconn Technology Group.   (AP/Kin Cheung, file)
A worker looks out through the logo at the entrance of the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen Thursday, May 27, 2010.
A worker looks out through the logo at the entrance of the Foxconn complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen Thursday, May 27, 2010.   (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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COMMENTS
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slammer
Jul 21, 2010 2:23 PM CDT
i still say it is something in the water bp did it
NoddaAndYou
Jul 20, 2010 7:44 PM CDT
Anyone have any idea how many fucking people actually work there? Eleven suicides in a single year is probably less then what is statistically probable.
finkster
Jul 20, 2010 2:04 PM CDT
Hey Shenzen Jeff defend this.
 

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