Zhang…an employee of…Foxconn [part of Hon Hai], had…brain [surgery]…after surviving an electric shock at a plant…a year ago…He remains in hospital…unable to speak or walk properly…Foxconn, which is paying Zhang's hospital bills, has been…demanding [his family to] remove him from hospital and threatening to cut off funding...Foxconn confirmed it had sent the messages, saying that under Chinese law the worker must submit himself to a disability assessment…that…would require him to…travel the 43 miles to Huizhou, where he was first hired…The firm said…it would be prepared to return Zhang to the Shenzhen hospital after the assessment, though…doctors felt he remained at risk of a brain hemorrhage…[A]ccording to Zhang's father at one point briefly halted payments to the family - despite a provincial law stipulating that injured workers can remain in treatment for up to two years before they must be assessed for disability compensation. The company, however, denied that it delayed or stopped payments, saying it paid them on time. [refers to Apple]