Lost iPhone Prototype Pushes Foxconn Worker to Commit Suicide
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 21st Jul 2009 20:10 UTC, submitted by kaiwai
Hardware, Embedded Systems This is one sad story to report on. Sun Danyong, 25-year-old employee at Chinese manufacturing company Foxconn, has committed suicide after being subjected to apparently rather rigorous interrogation methods by Foxconn's Central Security Division. Danyong handled a shipment of 16 iPhone prototypes, and one of them went missing. Update: Apple responds: "We are saddened by the tragic loss of this young employee, and we are awaiting results of the investigations into his death. We require our suppliers to treat all workers with dignity and respect."
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RE[2]: oh come on
by Soulbender on Wed 22nd Jul 2009 04:38 UTC in reply to "RE: oh come on"
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He may have felt that his family honour was shamed and committed suicide on his own.


Right, because that is really a sound way of reasoning.

You can be of sound mind and do it for the sake of your family. It's still sad, but honourable.


If you kill yourself "for the sake of your family" for being suspected of theft you're not of a sound mind and there's nothing honorable about it.
Just because it's a different culture doesn't mean it's right.

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