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KOMPAS.com - Foxconn good news is that employees get 20 percent salary increase. The bad reason, ten employees of Foxconn had committed suicide.

Suicide cases up to ten employees of Foxconn's still leaves a mystery. Previously, the electronics manufacturer based in Taiwan but has a factory in Shenzhen of China mainland is accused make the stress of their employees.

Thursday yesterday for instance, come back in case of suicide. If calculated, this is the tenth case that struck manufacturer of electronic devices including Apple and Dell.

Although one-fifth of salary incentives that became a kind of triggers enthusiasm, anxiety still not lost. Two more customers this factory, Nokia and Sony, also expressed their concerns about this suicide. On the other hand, the local media questioned the conditions at the plant.

Meanwhile, according to Xinhua and AP note on Saturday (29/05/2010), three more employees to attempt suicide at the Shenzhen factory. So, in other Foxconn factory in northern China reported one more case of suicide.

As an illustration, Anyar workers at the lowest level of position in Shenzhen Foxconn earn 900 yuan a month. This figure is equivalent to 132 U.S. dollars. In Shenzhen, Foxconn has 400,000 workers.

There is an impression, then, this company and China's authorities have the need to distract negative consequences of these suicides. China's newspapers, consequently, prompted not so highlight the news about this incident.

Reduction effort that continues to unfold. In fact, Foxconn Director Terry Gou, led a media tour to the factory and promised to do more to prevent suicide.