China iPhone plant sees eighth suicide

[The Damned]

Source: MSNBC.com

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's Foxconn Technology, a contract maker of the iPhone and other consumer electronics, insisted Wednesday its treatment of workers is world class after a female employee became the company's eighth Chinese worker to commit suicide this year.

"We regret to see the recurrence of such incidents," Foxconn said in statement that came a day after a 24-year-old Foxconn factory worker surnamed Chu killed herself by jumping from her rented apartment in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Foxconn, the world's largest contract maker of electronics, said that Chu, whose full name was not released, began her employment last August.

The company has attracted wide attention from the Chinese media following a spate of suicides among young Chinese working at its mammoth Shenzhen factory complex, where some 300,000 are employed.

A week ago a 24-year-old male factory worker surnamed Lu committed suicide by jumping from a building inside the complex.

The most notable Foxconn suicide came last July when 25-year-old Sun Danyong jumped from his high-rise apartment after being interrogated over a missing iPhone prototype.

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But, I can still get all my apps, right?

RIGHT???