Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Chinese Toymaker Commits Suicide After Recalls

OK, first the Chinese government executes their equivalent to our FDA head, and now this. This sort of thing just doesn't happen here, when one of our bigwigs gets busted.

[Excerpt]

Owner of Chinese Toy Factory Commits Suicide

By DAVID BARBOZA
Published: August 14, 2007

SHANGHAI, Aug. 13 — The head of a Chinese company that was behind the recall this month of about a million Mattel toys committed suicide over the weekend, China’s state-controlled news media reported Monday.

Zhang Shuhong, a Hong Kong businessman and owner of Lee Der Industrial, a company that made toys for Mattel for 15 years, hanged himself in a company warehouse in Foshan, in southern China, The Southern Metropolis Daily said Monday.

Read more at: NYTimes.com

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