Foxconn claims employee who committed suicide had history of misplacing prototypes, does nothing for its case

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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.






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Foxconn increases compensation to family of worker who committed suicide

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Foxconn hasn't exactly been helping itself much lately in the
sad case of an employee of the company who committed suicide
after apparently misplacing an iPhone prototype, with it first
noting that the worker had a history of misplacing such
prototypes, and then going on to offer his family a rather meager
compensation of $44,000 and a free Apple laptop. It now looks to be
trying to improve things somewhat, however, with a Foxconn official
saying that the company has now agreed to pay Sun Danyong's parents
360,000 yuan (or about $52,600) in compensation up front, plus an
additional 30,000 yuan (or $4,385) every year thereafter. Of
course, that official is speaking on the condition of anonymity, so
things could still well change, and it goes without saying that
this likely won't be the last we hear of this story.

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