Apple Confirms Death of Chinese iPhone Worker

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Apple confirmed on Tuesday the death of a man who worked at an iPhone plant in China.


According to various Chinese media reports, the worker at Chinesemanufacturer Foxconn committed suicide last week after afourth-generation iPhone prototype for which he was responsible wentmissing.


"We are saddened by the tragic loss of this young employee, and weare awaiting results of the investigations into his death," Applespokeswoman Kristin Huguet told CNET on Tuesday. "We require oursuppliers to treat all workers with dignity and respect."


Apple did not comment on the details of the worker's death,allegations regarding Foxconn's questioning of the worker, or thestatus of the allegedly missing phone prototype.


Various English-language sites have been repeating and translating Chinese media reports.


According to Chinese media,25-year-old Sun Danyong was responsible for shipping iPhone prototypesto Apple. Danyong reported the missing device to Foxconn afterrealizing that one of the 16 iPhones he received was no longer in hispossession.


Foxconn is Apple'slongtime manufacturing partner in China. Apple has used the company tomanufacture all of its iPods and, more recently, all of the iPhonemodels.


Foxconn did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10291701-37.html

smiles

not surprised....

z-score

Yeah, so sad. All for an iPhone...................

smiles

Not only for iphone... but also for all apple products, nike, adidas, et al...

hitye

foxconn又给苹果惹麻烦了

smiles

為美國蘋果公司（Apple Inc.）產品進行代加工的富士康科技集團，其位於深圳市寶安區的工廠傳出濫用私刑、逼死員工醜聞。該公司一名年輕員工傳因遺失一部iPhone第四代樣辦機，遭公司人員搜查、禁錮及毆打，事後疑不堪壓力及受辱跳樓身亡。富士康已承認內部管理不足，涉嫌動用私刑的員工已交警方處理。


wow, a new Meizu M8 will be launched...

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原帖由 smiles 于 2009-7-22 09:13 发表
Not only for iphone... but also for all apple products, nike, adidas, et al...

Yes yes, they make human lives cheap.

hitye

其实苹果这些公司对中国的供应商也是很矛盾的，一方面要顾及企业的社会责任，要对供应商进行监督，另一方面又不敢真的“停单”，否则谁给他生产呢还

零落成泥碾作尘

保证人权先，赚黑心钱的罚死他。

hitye

可能吗。。每年给深圳上多少税啊。。

smiles

Foxconn is the world's largest OEM manufacturer...

零落成泥碾作尘

原帖由 hitye 于 2009-7-22 09:43 发表
可能吗。。每年给深圳上多少税啊。。

钱在社会稳定面前一文不值。

hitye

原帖由 零落成泥碾作尘 于 2009-7-22 09:47 发表
钱在社会稳定面前一文不值。

放心吧。。这事闹不起来。。 用上海话说， foxconn是老吃老作了