Police rule Foxconn death was suicide

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GUANGZHOU - The latest death at technology firm Foxconn in Shenzhen was identified as a suicide case, the police announced over the weekend.

Nan Gang, a 21-year-old man from Hubei province, jumped from the top of a four-story factory building in Foxconn's industrial complex in Longhua township at 4:37 am on Friday when he was off-duty, said Huang Jianwei, a spokesman for Shenzhen's Bao'an district police station.