Guo defends company after suicide cases at Shenzhen factory
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Hong Hai Group Chairman Terry Gou said Tuesday that investigations by Chinese authorities have found none of the 10 suicides at his group's Shenzhen complex in Guangdong province had anything to do with the working conditions there.
 Guo said at the group's shareholders meeting that Chinese authorities sent a team of 200-odd officials to conduct a 10-day on-site investigation into the reasons behind the incidents at the Shenzhen complex  where over 400 000 people are employed.
 The next day  another Foxconn worker jumped to his death  bringing the total number of suicides to 10 and the number of attempts to 12 and fueling criticism that Gou is "running a blood and sweat factory."
 Guo said that after a thorough investigation  the Chinese officials did not "detain" him  which meant that Hon Hai was not at fault.
 "None of the 12 suicide attempts at the Shenzhen complex were a result of poor working conditions or low salaries as has been alleged " Guo said.
 He said he would not rule out the possibility of suing the media organizations or journalists for their groundless reports.
 Citing surveys in China  he said more than 100 million people in China suffer from various types of mental disorders and 16 million of them are categorized as being in "serious condition".
 Based on these statistics  Gou said  the percentage of attempted suicides among Foxconn's 450 000 workers in Shenzhen is substantially lower than the percentage of mentally ill people in China's total population.
 As part of the group's efforts to stem the suicide attempts  it will stop offering compensation of 10 years salary to the families of suicide victims  Guo said.
 The decision was made after one of the workers who attempted suicide was found to have told his family in a suicide note that the company will pay them a large sum if he succeeded in killing himself  according to Kuo.
Hong Hai Group Chairman Terry Gou said Tuesday that investigations by Chinese authorities have found none of the 10 suicides at his group's Shenzhen complex in Guangdong province had anything to do with the working conditions there.
 Guo said at the group's shareholders meeting that Chinese authorities sent a team of 200-odd officials to conduct a 10-day on-site investigation into the reasons behind the incidents at the Shenzhen complex  where over 400 000 people are employed.
 The next day  another Foxconn worker jumped to his death  bringing the total number of suicides to 10 and the number of attempts to 12 and fueling criticism that Gou is "running a blood and sweat factory.[TGT] said that after a thorough investigation  the Chinese officials did not "detain" him  which meant that Hon Hai was not at fault.
 "None of the 12 suicide attempts at the Shenzhen complex were a result of poor working conditions or low salaries as has been alleged " [TGT] said.
 [TGT] said [TGT] would not rule out the possibility of suing the media organizations or journalists for their groundless reports.
 Citing surveys in China  [TGT] said more than 100 million people in China suffer from various types of mental disorders and 16 million of them are categorized as being in "serious condition".
 Based on these statistics  Gou said  the percentage of attempted suicides among Foxconn's 450 000 workers in Shenzhen is substantially lower than the percentage of mentally ill people in China's total population.
 As part of the group's efforts to stem the suicide attempts  it will stop offering compensation of 10 years salary to the families of suicide victims  [TGT] said.
 The decision was made after one of the workers who attempted suicide was found to have told his family in a suicide note that the company will pay them a large sum if he succeeded in killing himself  according to Kuo.