CNN: Factory worker commits suicide over missing iPhone prototype

[Heidi]

updated 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A Chinese factory that makes iPhones said Wednesday that it has suspended several staffers after an employee committed suicide, apparently under duress when a prototype went missing.

Sun Danyong, 25, jumped off the 12th floor of the Foxconn Science and Technology Group in the southern city of Shenzhen last week.

The recent engineering school graduate sent 16 model phones to phone manufacturer, Apple, but only 15 were received, said the state-run newspaper New Beijing Post.

Because of the missing phone, Sun was questioned by company officials and -- according to posts on online forums by his friends -- detained, searched and beaten.

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"We require that our suppliers treat all workers with dignity and respect," Apple said in a statement.

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[Heidi]

1. Kick. I'm an iPhone owner/user, and this disturbs me.

:kick:

[ColbertWatcher]

2. So Apple "requires" dignified and repectful treatment for their employees.

I await their response.

Do the right thing Apple.

[Heidi]

3. I know. Me, too.

:(