Foxconn denies report of attempted suicide at factory

The gate for one of Foxconn's factories in Shenzhen, the south China city that borders Hong Kong.

(Credit: Jay Greene/CNET)

Foxconn, which was plagued by worker suicides a few years ago, has denied a report out of China that a female employee jumped from the roof of one of the manufacturing giant's factories last week.

According to a post on the Chinese microblogging Web site Sina Weibo and reported by Kotaku, a woman unhappy with job security issues jumped Friday morning from the roof of Foxconn's Shenzhen factory but survived. It was also reported that three other employees were also on the roof, threatening to jump.

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