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Thread: Foxconn employee commits suicide over iPhone leak interrogations
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[quote=LEONARDO,371547]According to Nanfang Daily, Sun Danyong, a 25-year-old employee at Foxconn, an electronic manufacuring company, committed suicide on July 16th after a harsh interrogation on the loss of an iPhone. Sun Danyong, graduated from the prestigious Harbin Institute of Technology, was in charge of handling a shipment of 16 iPhone prototypes ( N90 the 4th generation of iPhone). Apple received only 15 prototypes and one lost. Apple’s secery policy was strict. Apple doubted that Foxconn would have deliberately leaked their business secrecy of manufacuring iPhone N90, which imposed a heavy pressure on Foxconn(Foxconn a manufacturing company for iPhone). As the person reponsible for the shipment, Sun was under suspicion and underwent severe interrogation by the Security Division of Foxconn. It was reported that the security guys used the “inappropriate interrogation methods” such as searching Sun’s body and house, holding him in solitary confinement and even beating him. Sun Danyong can’t bear the “intolerable interrogation techniques”, and jumped from a 12-storey building on July 16, 2009. After the death of the employee, Foxconn issued a statement expressing their apology for the incident and saying that the chief of Foxconn’s Central Security Division has been suspended his duty and the company was internally investigating the security team. As it is understood that Foxconn spokesperson has told the media that "regardless of the reason of Sun's suicide, it is to some extent a reflection of Foxconn's internal management deficiencies, especially in how to help young workers cope with the psychological pressures of working life at the company." Foxconn is a big electronics products manufacturer owned by a Twainese businessman. It is one of the Fortune Global 500 Companies based in mainland China. Well, I have ever heard that Foxconn was nicknamed as “a sweatshop”. Two years ago, two of my former classmates joined “the Fortune Global 500 Company”-Foxconn. Tonight, I will make a call to them to see how is their lives going on in Foxconn. I hope they are well. I hope Foxconn wouldn’t be “Foxy Conn”. I wonder how many “sweatshops” in Shenzhen and in China as a whole? How does your empployer treat you? For those expats in China, what do you think of (your) Chinese employers? (Photo: screenshots of Sun's text messages to his girlfriend and former classmates before his suicide) [/quote]
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