The death of a worker at a Foxlink in the
city of Dongguan has spurred a lot of controversy. Foxlink is an Apple
Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) supplier based in China. The Foxlink factories provide the
cable connectors to the iPhone. A worker jumped to his death on Friday, with
the family alleging that it was because of the harsh working conditions he had
been subject to, and Foxlink stating that he was a drug user, and that the
substance abuse was the cause of his suicide. He Chang, the man in question,
commited suicide on the 29th of September by falling from the building which
housed the factory.
He Chang’s family member have been blaming
it on Foxlink, saying that the management of the factory had refused to give
him a leave of a mere three days to attend a family gathering. The family
members are sure that it was suicide, and are demanding compensation for his
loss from the management at Foxlink. The company denied having refused to the
leave, however. They went on to state that the cause of the death was yet to be
known to everyone, and they strongly hinted towards his use of drugs. They said
that He Chang was a drug-abuser, who used drugs of psychotropic nature, which
had probably lead to his fall, and consequently, his death. This statement was
given by Fugang Electronics, who runs the Foxlink Factory.
Upon Chang’s death, his family members had
held a demonstration in front of the factory, explicity stating that the
management had lead to Chang’s death. The video of the demonstration has been
put up on the web. However, the police subdued them immediately. The family had
demanded for about 1.2 million yuan as compensation for Chang’s death and
Chang’s sister had stated that the company was trying to bring the price down
to about 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. Despite being ill, Chang was giving in fourteen
to fifteen hours of work everyday at the factory.
The family has now stated that the company
has come to a settlement, but they refused to comment upon the alleged drug use
by He Chang.
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