Foxconn confirms another worker death

• Source: Global Times
• [02:00 June 03 2010]
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The deaths have raised questions about the conditions at Foxconn, where long hours, low pay and high pressure are allegedly the norm.

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday defended conditions at Foxconn, saying it was "not a sweatshop".

However, some people remained concerned.

Scuffles broke out in Taiwan Tuesday as protesters alleging labor abuses by Foxconn tried to enter a venue where Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou was opening Computex Taipei, Asia's biggest technology fair.

The activists shouting "Capitalists kill people" and holding placards and pictures of Foxconn chief Terry Gou fought with uniformed police as they tried to deliver a letter to Ma.

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