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07-22-2009, 04:42 AM
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#1 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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| A Chinese man suspected of stealing a prototype 4th gen iPhone commits suicide
A Chinese man suspected of stealing a prototype for the fourth generation iPhone has committed suicide.
Before his death, Sun Danyong told friends he had been beaten up by security staff from his firm, Foxconn, one of Apple's largest manufacturers.
Foxconn, a large Taiwanese company which employed Sun in its huge Shenzhen factory, has launched an investigation.
Apple says it is saddened by the death and is waiting for the results of the investigation.
"We require our suppliers to treat all workers with dignity and respect," Jill Tan, an Apple spokeswoman in Hong Kong, told reporters.
'Humiliating'
Sun Danyong was 25 when he threw himself off a 12-storey building last week.
As part of his job, he was responsible for shipping iPhone prototypes to Apple.
Such prototypes are a closely guarded secret, as Apple likes to keep its new products and upgrades under wraps until their launch date, to heighten customer anticipation.
On 13 July, Sun reported that he was missing one of the 16 units in his possession.
The company immediately launched an investigation into the disappearance; three days later he had jumped to his death.
Sun's former classmates have told Chinese newspapers that during the firm's investigation he was beaten, his house was searched and he was locked up alone in a room.
The cover of the Nanfang Metropolitan newspaper, 22 July
A local newspaper showed CCTV footage of Sun the day before he died
They say he described what happened in an online chat with them as one of the most humiliating experiences of his life.
Foxconn and the local public security bureau are investigating the allegations, and the firm has expressed its condolences to Sun's family and set up extra counselling services for employees.
It has also has suspended its chief of security, Gu Qinming.
Mr Gu denies hitting Sun, and a CCTV image of the worker on the day before he died - which was featured on the front page of the local Nanfang Metropolitan Daily on Wednesday - appears to back up Mr Gu's version of events.
According to a BBC correspondent in Beijing, Chris Hogg, Foxconn has faced allegations in the past that it treats its employees poorly.
It has always denied such claims, and was cleared by Apple of any serious abuses, our correspondent says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8162325.stm | 
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07-22-2009, 05:10 AM
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#2 | | ESKETIT
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wow that is fucked up
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07-22-2009, 05:11 AM
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#3 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Wow Apple is coming out with their 4th iPhone already?
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07-22-2009, 05:21 AM
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#4 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp  Wow Apple is coming out with their 4th iPhone already? | Probably next year.
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07-22-2009, 05:23 AM
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#5 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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07-22-2009, 07:31 AM
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#6 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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lol @ headline of BBC Article: "China iPhone Man"
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07-22-2009, 08:39 AM
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#7 | | degenerate extraordinaire
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the real cause of death... 
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07-22-2009, 08:56 AM
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#8 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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^ Hah, good one.
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07-22-2009, 09:11 AM
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damn, does 4th gen iphone sucks so bad???!?
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07-22-2009, 09:19 AM
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#10 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Thats a dumb reason to die............
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07-22-2009, 09:27 AM
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#11 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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knowing the chinese, they probably pushed him off the building
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07-22-2009, 11:14 AM
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#12 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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HEY! WHERE U PUT THE PHONE? U NO SHOW ME PHONE, I PUSH U DOWN BUILDING, U RIKE THAT? TEACH YOU TO STEAL FROM ME AGAIN
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07-22-2009, 12:01 PM
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#13 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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people in China always power trip. It's like they wanna show everyone else they'r better in order to hide their tiny wang
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07-22-2009, 12:10 PM
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#14 | | Banned By Establishment
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Foxconn and the local public security bureau are investigating the allegations, and the firm has expressed its condolences to Sun's family and set up extra counselling services for employees.
RIGHT... and any employee that did seek counselling was docked pay and Chinese New Year vacation time.
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07-22-2009, 12:26 PM
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#15 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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I call BS.
Apple found out he tried to steal and leak inside information.
Pushed him off a 12-storey building. and covered it up as a suicide.
Apple has money to do such things.
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07-22-2009, 12:45 PM
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#16 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Lol, guilty until proven innocent
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07-22-2009, 12:52 PM
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#17 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by Jah Al Zawahiri A Chinese man suspected of stealing a prototype for the fourth generation iPhone has committed suicide.
On 13 July, Sun reported that he was missing one of the 16 units in his possession. | Considering the location, that missing prototype is probably dismantled and reverse engineed for cheaper alternate copies.
I wonder how much whoever actually stole the protoype actually gets paid. Or how much money is in corporate espionnage.
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07-22-2009, 01:30 PM
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#18 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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knowing apple the only upgrade on this prototype was faster cut and paste. If all this is true i don't think I'll ever buy another Iphone every again. There are lots of reason for people to die in this world but over a stupid phone is moronic.
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07-22-2009, 01:36 PM
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It's usually the contractors who do these inside shit. It's always them who fuck up. That's the truth regardless if the major companies enforce some rules.
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07-22-2009, 05:50 PM
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#20 | | Douchebag Lover
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Originally Posted by AzNightmare I call BS.
Apple found out he tried to steal and leak inside information.
Pushed him off a 12-storey building. and covered it up as a suicide.
Apple has money to do such things. | I seriously hope you're not that delusional...
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07-22-2009, 06:04 PM
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#21 | | I STILL don't get it
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apple aint playing no games dont fuck around
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07-22-2009, 06:35 PM
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#22 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Shit like this happen all the time in China.
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07-23-2009, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by asian_XL | Is that before or after the beating?
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07-23-2009, 12:45 AM
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#24 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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^ Now's not the best time to making wise jokes. The guy died for crying out loud.
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07-23-2009, 12:50 AM
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#25 | | The RS Freebie guru
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iPwned.
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