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Xinhua said the male employee jumped to his death hours after a media tour at the plant owned by Taiwan firm Foxconn.

Activists said the group needed to increase pay by at least 50 per cent to give workers a decent income without massive overtime.

But the company recently said it had hired counselors, was planning to bring in monks and had set up a help line.

The Foxconn suicides certainly seem to call out for some special explanation.

His sister said he did little but work and sleep, had no friends on campus and did not even know the names of most of his roommates.

Qing Tong now looks back on the more than two years that she spent at the Foxconn plant with the more detached attitude of an observer.

It looks like Foxconn is trying to say it was the action of a lone employee and no one else was involved.

Already, at least one Chinese publication has said the decision shows 'Foxconn is shirking its responsibility. '

In recent interviews here, employees said the typical Foxconn hire lasted just a few months at the factory before leaving, demoralized.