Chinese worker commits suicide over missing iPhone

[captainxerox]

china bro, life cheap there. got 1 over billion.

 

[jim007jimmyboy]

i think he stole the phone for sale to phone fakers in china and got found out, so he killed himself as scared

seems like it

 

[singveld]

just a phone that are outdated in one year time

that means that for apple lover

they have to change a new iphone every year.

they have to line up all over again in 12 months

funny thing is the best was the original and it was not legally sold in singapore.

to die for a iphone? that is unnecessary.

 

[nickers9]

Chinese worker commits suicide over missing iPhone
By WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer
24 mins ago


GUANGZHOU, China – An employee at a factory that makes iPhones in China killed himself after a prototype went missing, and Apple Inc. responded Wednesday by saying its suppliers are required to treat workers with dignity and respect.

The death might have been partly due to Apple's notorious culture of secrecy, which tries to create a big pre-launch buzz about the company's highly anticipated products and upgrades. Apple is also a constant target of prying journalists, rabidly faithful customers and competitors who make great efforts to try to steal a peek at its latest gadgets.

The dead worker, Sun Danyong, 25, worked in product communications at Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese firm that makes many Apple products at a massive factory in the southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong.

Although Apple and Foxconn have confirmed Sun's suicide, they have not provided details about the death's circumstances, which have been reported by the state-run Southern Metropolis Daily, one of the region's most popular papers.

Sun was responsible for sending iPhone prototypes to Apple, and on July 13 he reported that he was missing one of the 16 units in his possession, the newspaper reported. His friends said company security guards searched his apartment, detained him and beat him, the paper reported.

In the early morning of July 16, Sun jumped from the 12th floor of his apartment building, the paper said.

Jill Tan, an Apple spokeswoman in Hong Kong, would only issue a brief statement about the incident.

"We are saddened by the tragic loss of this young employee, and we are awaiting results of the investigations into his death," Tan said. "We require our suppliers to treat all workers with dignity and respect."

Foxconn said in a statement that its security chief has been suspended and turned over to the police.

But the security official, Gu Qinming, was quoted by the Southern Metropolis Daily as saying he never hit Sun. Gu reportedly said that after three security personnel searched Sun's apartment and did not find the phone, the employee was ordered to go to Gu's office on July 15.

The security chief said he didn't think Sun was being truthful about the phone, the paper reported.

"I got a bit agitated. I pointed my finger at him and said that he was trying to shift the blame," Gu was quoted as saying.

He added, "I was a little angry and I pulled his right shoulder once to get him to tell me what happened. It (the beating) couldn't have have happened," the paper reported.

Local police declined to respond to questions from The Associated Press.

Foxconn executive Li Jinming said in a statement that Sun's death showed that the company needed to do a better job helping its employees with psychological pressures.

"Sun Danyong graduated from a good school. He joined the company in 2008. He had an extremely bright future. The group and I feel deep pain and regret when a young person dies like this."

Why must he commit suicide for a missing iphone?

Our Ho Ching loses fucking US$50 over billions dollars also never see her commit suicide, why must he do that?

 

[kensington]

Why must he commit suicide for a missing iphone?

Our Ho Ching loses fucking US$50 over billions dollars also never see her commit suicide, why must he do that?

Sometimes, somehow, somewhere, some a* hole going to take his job so seriously, death is the only way out.

 

[nickers9]

You see her face, she is still so happy even though she loses our Singaporeans taxpayers money fucking US$50 over billions dollars, but I dont see her commit suicide, so why must he commit suicide for a missing iphone?

 

[kensington]

Maybe, a contract should be put out on her ?

 

[shelltox]

I think maybe he had secretly sold the latest iphone to other iphone companies wannabies,
just like those chinese cinemas which sold their mastercopy of the latest shows.