Chinese Employee Commits Suicide Over Lost iPhone Prototype
July 22, 2009 · Print This Article
A young man responsible for a massively popular tech prototype suddenly finds himself under the scrutiny of police and his employer when a top-secret project goes missing. After intense pressure, possible abuse at the hands of officials, and an illegal search of his private space, the employee can’t take it any more, and he commits suicide. A thrilling novel No, this is the ongoing saga unfolding at Apple’s Chinese manufacturer right now.
Twenty-five-year-old Sun Danyong was a recent engineering graduate working for Foxconn, a company responsible for creating the prototypes that turn into the iPhone. Living in the Guangdong province near Hong Kong, Sun was responsible for shipping his company’s prototypes to Apple. Details are sketchy and yet to be translated to English by the major press, but DigitalBeat reported yesterday that the Chinese Twittersphere was abuzz with what happened next.
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