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Apple secrecy results in death of Chinese iPhone engineer

Tip by Anonymous, Grimlok, Debian GNU/Linux, prak | Added 2009-07-21, 03:57 PM | 30 Replies

Steve Jobs' insistence on a culture of pervasive secrecy at Apple has now claimed a life.

As the investigation begins into what caused 25 year-old Foxconn employee Sun Danyong, a recent and promising graduate of the Harbin University of Engineering in northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province, to jump to his death, eyes are increasingly turning not only to Foxconn for answers, but to Apple itself.

"On Thursday, July 9th, Sun got 16 prototype phones from the assembly line at a local Foxconn factory. At some point in the next few days, he discovered that one of the phones was missing. He suspected that it had been left at the factory, but couldn't find it. On Monday, July 13, he reported the missing phone to his boss. Then, that Wednesday, three Foxconn employees searched his apartment — illegally, according to Chinese law. Accusations are flying that Sun was detained and physically abused during the investigation"

"What is known: On Thursday — a little after 3 a.m. according to surveillance videos in the apartment building — he jumped out of a window in his apartment building to his death."

An Apple spokesperson confirmed the death of the employee, saying that "we (Apple) require our suppliers to treat all workers with dignity and respect." Apple did not elaborate on the specifics of their so-called "requirements", nor did they comment on any aspect of Foxconn's involvement in the matter. Foxconn is not commenting on any aspect of the situation, other than to say that the security division concerned has been suspended without pay.

Meanwhile, back in the United States, Apple fanboys are far more concerned about the lost iPhone prototype than the lost life.

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>	Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)16:45 No.2221 ToldNet: No functions currently available. ...Wow

>	Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)16:50 No.2222 ToldNet: No functions currently available. fucking macrumors

>	Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)16:58 No.2223 ToldNet: No functions currently available. :(

>	Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)17:11 No.2224 ToldNet: No functions currently available. so Apple can't afford MobileMe for their prototypes.

>	Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)18:46 No.2225 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >Foxconn Why do macfags say macs are quality... when they use the second cheapest shit in the industry.

>	Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)19:51 No.2226 ToldNet: No functions currently available. The audacity of macfags makes me sick. Still, I'm sure the Chinese guy's in heaven, reading the macrumours thread, and uttering one word to Jesus - Told.

>	Sad Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)20:02 No.2227 ToldNet: No functions currently available. He hero'd himself for someone else's landfill junk.

>	Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)21:21 No.2228 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >>2225 Disgusting mixture of smug and butthurt

>	Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)21:25 No.2229 ToldNet: No functions currently available. fags not yet told. please advise.

>	Anonymous 07/21/09(Tue)21:32 No.2231 ToldNet: No functions currently available. Fuck those shitheads at mac rumors

>	sage 07/21/09(Tue)21:35 No.2232 ToldNet: No functions currently available. foxCONn MACS = CON

>	Grimlok 07/21/09(Tue)22:39 No.2233 ToldNet: No functions currently available. A momentary stopping of told in respect of Sun Dan-yong ................................................ Let the telling resume. Do it for Sun

Debian GNU/Linux 07/21/09(Tue)22:53 No.2234

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They're Chinese workers so how much of high Apple profits end up going to them and not Apple anyway? As one who has worked in China before, I'd guess they make about $AU200 a month, and that's being very, very lenient.

>	Anonymous 07/22/09(Wed)00:09 No.2235 ToldNet: No functions currently available. i don't care about macfags that much but those assholes in the MR thread thoroughly piss me off

>	Anonymous 07/22/09(Wed)00:59 No.2236 ToldNet: No functions currently available. The chinese guy is probably in hell now. "Told" is a new sin now.

>	Anonymous 07/22/09(Wed)03:58 No.2240 ToldNet: No functions currently available. Fucking Macfags.

>	Anonymous 07/22/09(Wed)04:23 No.2241 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >>2240

>	Anonymous 07/22/09(Wed)11:19 No.2242 ToldNet: No functions currently available. Sure is fucking hypocrite around here...

Anonymous 07/23/09(Thu)09:25 No.2267

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Hmm, I'd like to see what China does. China doesn't like bad press, and always wants to send out an air of superiority and assert it's identity.
Remember the lip-synching Olympics incident?
Remember the obviously underage gymnasts at the Olympics?
There are lots more, and China is fucking nuts about maintaining an image.

>	Another non story Anonymous 07/23/09(Thu)19:40 No.2274 ToldNet: No functions currently available. You sure are grasping at straws with this story. Aren't you tired of printing lies and half truths? That's probably why you're a Winblows fanboi!

>	sage Anonymous 07/23/09(Thu)23:19 No.2284 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >>2274 gtfo

>	Anonymous 07/23/09(Thu)23:47 No.2286 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >>2274 ahaha you finally showed yourself, faggot. can't defend apple against a goddamn DEATH now can you?

Jeez you're dumb Anonymous 07/24/09(Fri)15:26 No.2318

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>>2286
Why would I have to defend against anything. I didn't push him. There is NO evidence that Apple pushed him. He jumped. Not exactly a rational response. He obviously had some mental issue to think that was an acceptable reaction. You might as well blame his engineering school because they must have given him an education that told him to jump if he ever screwed up at work.

Win-tards are grasping at straws on this one.

>	Anonymous 07/24/09(Fri)21:21 No.2341 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >>2318 the pressure apple puts on those chinks for secrecy caused him to jump. this is all apple's fault and they deserve to be shut down.

Evidence please Anonymous 07/25/09(Sat)11:22 No.2350

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>>2341
Sorry, but your half-ass attempt to blame Apple is lame to say the least. Win-tards have no substance on their side so they resort to lies to scare people away from quality products like Apple makes.

>	Anonymous 07/25/09(Sat)21:18 No.2366 ToldNet: No functions currently available. A suicide over an ipod/phone, this sure is novel and exciting.

>	Anonymous 07/30/09(Thu)17:57 No.2432 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >>2350 fuck you. apple killed this man.

>	Proof please? Anonymous 07/31/09(Fri)16:00 No.2482 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >>2432 None? I didn't think so.

>	Anonymous 08/02/09(Sun)16:54 No.2603 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >>2482 apple's demand for secrecy places an unmaintainable burden on their low-paid chinese workers also, for every post you make i'm going to go to the apple store and talk someone out of buying a mac

>	Anonymous 12/17/09(Thu)10:47 No.5288 ToldNet: No functions currently available. >>2350 >quality products >Foxconn Then again, if I overpaid for what amounts to a cheaply built, overpriced PC with a gimped Unix OS, I'd be massively butthurt too.

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