REVscene Automotive Forum - Another Foxconn Employee jumps to his death

that brings it to 10 that we know of and 9 for 2010

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They have a story about Foxconn security beating up employees too here
http://gizmodo.com/5543525/foxconn-g...orkers-on-tape

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Another Foxconn employee jumps to death in China

(AFP) – 8 hours ago

BEIJING — A 21-year-old employee of Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn jumped to his death Friday in southern China, state media said, as officials confirmed the January suicide of a worker at a plant in the north.

The incidents bring to nine the number of Foxconn employees who have apparently committed suicide by jumping from a building since the start of the year, the state news agency Xinhua said.

Two others suffered serious injuries in similar falls.

The incidents have highlighted concerns about the difficult conditions for millions of factory workers in China, especially those at Foxconn, where labour activists say long hours, minimal pay and significant pressure are the norm.

In the south, a man identified as Nan Gang, died early Friday after jumping from the fourth floor of a Foxconn factory building in Shenzhen, a special economic zone bordering Hong Kong, Xinhua reported.

Officials at Foxconn -- whose clients include Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard -- were not immediately available for comment on the report.

Investigators have ruled out foul play, and police have said the death was a suicide, Xinhua reported.

The agency later reported that two employees at a Foxconn plant in the city of Langfang in the northern province of Hebei had died since the start of the year -- one of them a 19-year-old man who jumped from a company dormitory.

The other, a 16-year-old girl, was found to have died of sudden cardiac arrest, Xinhua said, citing a local government official.

Foxconn, known in Taiwan by the name of its parent Hon Hai Precision, is the world's largest maker of computer components. It also makes iPhones for Apple.

It employs 800,000 people worldwide, with more than 300,000 in Shenzhen.

In July, a Foxconn worker committed suicide when the company held an inquiry into the disappearance of an iPhone prototype, for which the employee had been considered responsible.

Foxconn said earlier this week that it had hired Buddhist monks and psychological counsellors for its workers at plants in China, focusing mainly on Shenzhen.

"The company must initiate a thorough analysis of life on its production lines -- not just roll out more superficial, short-term fixes," the US-based China Labour Watch said earlier this week.

The watchdog group criticised Foxconn's "military-style administration and harsh working conditions" as well as what it called "Taiwanese administrators' disrespect for mainland workers".

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