Another Foxconn employee falls to death

Posted on Tuesday, July 20 2010 @ 19:48 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

BBC News reports a summer intern at Foxconn has died after falling from a dormitory building:

Foxconn has come under scrutiny since 10 workers committed suicide in the last year by jumping from buildings at the firm's huge factory in Shenzhen.

It is not clear if the latest death was suicide, Xinhua news agency said.

The worker was reported to be an 18-year-old summer intern from Hebei province in northern China.

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