Chinese worker commits suicide over missing iPhone 4G prototype

Sun Danyong being led into a room for interrogation on July 15 by security staff

A Chinese work, Sun Danyong was in-charge of looking after the iPhone 4G prototype. So when one of the 16 prototype went missing on July 13th, three days later, he jumped to his death from the 12th floor of his apartment building.

You might think it’s absurd to kill yourself over such matter right, but it seems the 25 year old was under a lot of pressure over the missing iPhone prototype.

The who worked in product communications at Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese firm and one of Apple’s largest manufacturers China, located in the southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, was allegedly to have been accused, humiliated, home illegally search, and beaten up by security staff over the loss, that led to his suicide demise.

Sun who was responsible for sending iPhone prototypes to Apple I reckon couldn’t handle it and decided to end his life.

Apple Inc. has offered their condolences and their spokesperson in Hong Kong was quoted, “We are saddened by the tragic loss of this young employee, and we are awaiting results of the investigations into his death.”

Foxconn says it has suspended its chief of security.