Is Your Job This Stressful?

An employee at a factory that makes iPhones in China killed himself after a prototype went missing. Sun Danyong, 25, was a recent graduate in engineering who worked in product communications at Foxconn Technology Group. Foxconn makes many Apple products at a massive factory in the southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong.

The Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper said Sun (who was responsible for sending iPhone prototypes to Apple) noticed he was missing one of the sixteen units he received on July 9. He reported the missing iPhone on July 13 and his apartment was searched by Foxconn employees.

Sun jumped to his death from the 12th floor of his apartment building July 16. Apple Inc. offered its condolences Wednesday as the company waits for the results of an investigation.

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