Foxconn claims employee who committed suicide had history of misplacing prototypes, does nothing for its case
By Laura June 
posted Jul 27th 2009 12:26PM
posted Jul 27th 2009 12:26PM
This is one story that only gets more bizarre with each passing day. The 25-year-old Foxconn employee who committed suicide this month, apparently after one of the iPhone prototypes he was responsible for went missing, is now reported to have misplaced other prototypes previous to this instance. According to Foxconn (who spoke with the New York Times), his employer and the company charged with manufacturing all of Apple's handsets, Sun Danyong had had products go missing "several times," but that he had gotten them back. Foxconn itself is the subject of some mystery in all this, after a security officer connected to the company was suspended and turned over to the Chinese government -- apparently in connection with the case. Sun Danyong was reportedly interrogated and possibly beaten after the prototype went missing, though Foxconn and those connected with the company have denied this. Foxconn has confirmed that Sun Danyong's family was paid roughly $44,000 and given an Apple laptop as compensation for his death.
Wow this is starting to some like some weird made for tv corprate espionage movie. Actual a little more like James Clavell's "Noble House".
What is the value of your son's life? Apparently, $44K and an Apple laptop.
I hope it was a MacBook Air, otherwise, the family was unfairly compensated!!
A LAPTOP!!!!
R u kidding me!!!!
this is disgusting...
Poor guy. Apple should build these things in the U.S.A. IMHO. Sure they cost more but at least we bring it back here.
Lol. Apple was probably like "Here's one of our laptops. Really the $44,000 they gave you was a bonus from Foxconn. Cus...you know...one of our laptops is totally worth more than a human life...speaking of which...you owe us $500 for the overage in compensation we've given you. BUY AN IPHONE! Have a great day! We're sorry for your loss."