Fixing Foxconn

Nine employees of motherboard manu-

facturer Foxconn have committed suicide - jumped to death, to be precise - over the last six months. Each time such an incident has happened, it has thrown up more questions than answers. The cause of these ghastly deaths - conceivably linked to workplace issues - should be investigated thoroughly.

Assurances that all is well in the company are not acceptable. The consecutive suicides are proof of some malfeasance. And, that should not be left unattended. To do so is to risk an end to other promising young lives.