Sunday, July 26, 2009

Security official suspended, turned over to authorities in apparent connection to Foxconn employees suicide

We suspect theres more than a few chapters left in the story of 25-year old Foxconn factory worker who died in an apparent suicide this month, following the disappearance of a prototype next-generation iPhone. The latest newsbit, this time care of Bloomberg, is that a security official for Hon Hai, a company with 72 percent stake in Foxconn, has been suspended and turned over to Chinese government authorities, with the suspicion / implication here that theres a direct correlation between this and the suicide. Though unconfirmed at this point, reports circulating say the worker had been harassed by company security prior to his death. Yahoo! Tech has all those details, and the official investigation is ongoing. Wed like to say therell be conclusive answers in this case sometime in the near future, but were not getting our hopes up.

Hon Hai Suspends Official After iPhone Worker Suicide
China suicide puts spotlight on secretive Apple culture