Another death at China iPhone plant

A 10TH employee of iPhone-maker Foxconn jumped to his death late on Wednesday, just hours after the company’s chairman promised to make life better for employees at the sprawling production site in southern China.

The company did not give details of the death but China’s official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday that an initial police investigation indicated the 23-year-old man took his life by jumping from a seventh floor dormitory balcony.

Another employee at Foxconn’s Shenzhen campus attempted to slit his wrists, but survived with medical attention, the Xinhua news agency said yesterday.