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By Chris Chang, posted May 21, 2010 at 3:04 PM, 8,664 views,

BREAKING: Suicide Jump Number 10 at Foxconn

The Foxconn suicide tragedy has gotten even messier, with another reported death today.

UPDATE: We have removed the video from 56.com due to wrong reporting on the incident. The video is not a news report and the “reporter” in the video said the victim is not a Foxconn worker while we have confirmed the victim is really a Foxconn worker.

For the video, it’s originally from iFeng.com. Head up to iFeng to watch the full version with a second part added.

The latest death was a 21-year-old man who reportedly fell from one of Foxconn’s many worker dormitories in Shenzhen, China. The death has not yet been ruled a suicide, even though the circumstances (jumping from a dormitory) mimic those nine Foxconn suicides in the past.

This incident happened today, just before 5 am local time. Police arrived immediately when the man was found dead lying on the “street”. [Southcn.com via news163]

Xinhua News Agency, firstly got a call from a citizen before noon today and then, Xinhua reporters confirmed the incident to be true from “Shenzhen’s Public Security Bureau”. The victim is stated to be dead at 4:50am local time. Chinese medias gathered at Foxconn factory to report the incident. [Xinhua News Agency]

Here’s the summary of the previous incidents this year:

2010 May 14th: 21yrs old Male worker Liang, falls death from his 7th floor dormitory, four stab wounds was found on his body and a bloody knife was also found at the scene, police have been involved in the investigation.

2010 May 11th: 24yrs old Zhu Chen Ming, falls death by jumping down from her house on 9 floors, she was a worker from the Foxconn’s operation line, due to victim’s personal privacy and giving respect to her family, no further information has disclosed.

2010 May 6th: 24yrs old Hu Xin, after 6 months working in Foxconn as engineer, falls death by jumping down from his dormitory, it was suspected he has serious emotional conflicts.

2010 April 7th: 18yrs old female worker Ling, falls death by jumping down from her dormitory, reasons of death unknown.

2010 April 7th: A 22yrs old Foxconn male worker and her parents were found to be unconscious inside their house, after emergency rescue, it was unable to save the man’s life, investigation still in progress.

2010 April 6th: 18yrs old female worker Rao, jump down from her 7th floor dormitory, badly injured, it was suspected she have emotional conflicts with her boyfriend.

2010 March 29th: 23yrs old Male worker Liu, falls death from his 14th floor dormitory, wearing his working uniform and only underwear, investigation still in progress.

2010 March 17th: New employee Tian Yu, jump down from her 3rd floor dormitory, hit on the first floor and badly injured, she indicate that she has a hard life and end up commit suicide.

2010 Jan 23th: 19yrs old Male worker Ma Xiang Qian, mystery found dead at Foxconn’s dormitory, suspected of being beaten to death. After police investigation, it was first reported as sudden death, later become ‘Cause of death unknown’, and after Ma’s families apply for re-autopsy, the reason behind the death was defined as ‘High-fall death’.

Apart from the death of the 22 year old male employee on April 7, the rest of the incidents are all related to jumps. The whole suicide cluster started from the first suicide incident. The “suicide jump number one” was discussed greatly by Chinese netizens because authorities cannot confirm how the worker died. For today’s jump, it was the eighth death of a Foxconn employee this year, with two workers surviving their falls.

With the info from ifeng.com, we did the above suicide summary for you. ifeng.com is hosted by Phoenix Television Corporation. Phoenix Television is a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese television broadcaster that serves the Chinese mainland and other markets with substantial Chinese viewers. It is one of the few privately owned broadcasting companies in mainland China able to broadcast information about events not covered by the government media.