Foxconn’s Not Very Convincing Respond On Suicide Tragedy

Star Chang, May 21, 2010 6:51 PM, 1,263 views, Got something to say ?,

In response to people’s concerns about the suicide tragedy in Foxconn, China Television Boardcast CCTV has sent reporter to conduct an investigation on this, and in this TV show called ‘News 1+1′, Foxconn has officially respond on the ‘Mystery of 7 jump’ (the show was shown on TV on the 11th of this month, before the 8th, 9th and the latest 10th jump take place), admitted that the Foxconn’s management has loopholes, and one of the victim’s sister has also commented on Foxconn, regarding turning the workers to become human working machines …

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BREAKING: Suicide Jump Number 10 at Foxconn

Chris Chang, May 21, 2010 3:04 PM, 8,662 views, 1 Comment »,

The Foxconn suicide tragedy has gotten even messier, with another reported death today. More pics and video report after the jump.

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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.

UPDATE 2: Chinese media, Xinhua News Agency firstly got a call from a citizen to get aware of the incident.

UPDATE 3: Brief summary of previous suicide incidents.

Undercover Report on Official Southern Weekly Newspaper

Chris Chang, May 21, 2010 5:09 AM, 414 views, Got something to say ?,

For those of you who can read Chinese really well and need full information on the recent biggest story of Foxconn, here are three newspaper reports you would definitely love to read.

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Undercover Reporter’s Phone Interview

Star Chang, May 21, 2010 2:30 AM, 885 views, Got something to say ?,

Southern Weekly’s 20-year-old reporter, Liu Zhi Yi, had a phone interview by one of the major video website in China, explaining more on the undercover in Foxconn’s factory for 28 days, and there are some more interesting details that he want to reveal…

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More Photos From Foxconn’s Hell Factory Taken By Southern Weekly

Chris Chang, May 20, 2010 7:09 PM, 6,070 views, 4 Comments »,

Here we have found more photos from Foxconn’s factory which were taken by the reporters of Southern Weekly. Surprisingly, the undercover reporter, Liu Zhiyi, also took some shots with his mobile phone too. From these pics, we get a clearer look on the pathetic life of the workers in the factory.

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2000 Workers Strike in China, May Affect Nokia and iPhone Production

Herman Lai, Jan 26, 2010 2:29 AM, 437 views, Got something to say ?,

According to local reports citing statements as reported by Bloomberg, on January 15, workers of the delivering touchscreen supplier in China went on strike. 2,000 workers at the touchscreen production line wish to have a bonus of the productivity and the factory had promised for 2009. Due to the factory breaked the promise, workers gathered in protest, damaging vehicles and facilities and gone out on strike.

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