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Ninth Foxconn worker falls to death
By Wang Xiang |
May 25, 2010, Tuesday
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A NINTH employee at Foxconn's Shenzhen factory fell to his death early this morning, the latest in a spate of suicides at the factory this year.
The latest death came one day after the founder of Foxconn, Taiwanese tycoon Terry Gou, said he was confident of stopping the suicides. The 19-year old victim died after he fell from a building at 6:20am, the company's spokesman Liu Kun said.
Liu refused to reveal any more details. Police said they still don't known whether it was a suicide.
This is the 11th similar case in Foxconn's Shenzhen plant this year. Two survivors were both severely injured.
Terry Gou, the founder of the world's largest contract maker of electronics, said yesterday that he was confident of stabilizing the situation and stopping the suicide trend soon.
Gou invite monks to hold a religious ceremony to commemorate the dead and bless the living. The factory started to play music on its assembly lines, and new three-meter fences were being installed on building roofs since Monday in a bid to halt suicides at the plant.
Shan Huaihai, a psychologist in Shanghai, said recent suicides were apparently copycats after widely publicized cases drew public focus to workers' monotonous lives and grievances.
"Workers started to think committing suicide was a good idea after their problems finally gained attention because of the previous suicides," Shan said.
He suggested the factory start psychological checks for all its workers as soon as possible because "mental disorders were clearly plaguing the densely populated plant" and could cause much bigger problems.
Foxconn has over 800,000 workers in China and 420,000 were based in Shenzhen in a plant of 3 square kilometers.
Four days before the latest death, 21-year-old Nan Gang who worked in the logistics department jumped to his death shortly after finishing the night shift on Friday. Police found that he had gambling problems and was threatened over a gambling debt.
Reports have said the string of suicides back up allegations of "hellish conditions" for Foxconn workers. Two anonymous workers accused their low-ranking managers of being always violent and frequently bashing them for no reason in a Dragon TV report.
But Terry Gou denied the allegations yesterday, saying he was definitely not running a "sweatshop." The Shenzhen factory also insisted the workers were treated well, cited the hordes of applicants lining outside its gate seeking a job.
The latest death came one day after the founder of Foxconn, Taiwanese tycoon Terry Gou, said he was confident of stopping the suicides. The 19-year old victim died after he fell from a building at 6:20am, the company's spokesman Liu Kun said.
Liu refused to reveal any more details. Police said they still don't known whether it was a suicide.
This is the 11th similar case in Foxconn's Shenzhen plant this year. Two survivors were both severely injured.
Terry Gou, the founder of the world's largest contract maker of electronics, said yesterday that he was confident of stabilizing the situation and stopping the suicide trend soon.
Gou invite monks to hold a religious ceremony to commemorate the dead and bless the living. The factory started to play music on its assembly lines, and new three-meter fences were being installed on building roofs since Monday in a bid to halt suicides at the plant.
Shan Huaihai, a psychologist in Shanghai, said recent suicides were apparently copycats after widely publicized cases drew public focus to workers' monotonous lives and grievances.
"Workers started to think committing suicide was a good idea after their problems finally gained attention because of the previous suicides," Shan said.
He suggested the factory start psychological checks for all its workers as soon as possible because "mental disorders were clearly plaguing the densely populated plant" and could cause much bigger problems.
Foxconn has over 800,000 workers in China and 420,000 were based in Shenzhen in a plant of 3 square kilometers.
Four days before the latest death, 21-year-old Nan Gang who worked in the logistics department jumped to his death shortly after finishing the night shift on Friday. Police found that he had gambling problems and was threatened over a gambling debt.
Reports have said the string of suicides back up allegations of "hellish conditions" for Foxconn workers. Two anonymous workers accused their low-ranking managers of being always violent and frequently bashing them for no reason in a Dragon TV report.
But Terry Gou denied the allegations yesterday, saying he was definitely not running a "sweatshop." The Shenzhen factory also insisted the workers were treated well, cited the hordes of applicants lining outside its gate seeking a job.
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