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29 May 2013

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China Labor Watch

Child Worker Dies Suddenly at Electronics Factory Producing For Asus [China]

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…[A] 14-year old boy named Liu Fuzong died suddenly…at Dongguan Yinchuan Electronic Company, Ltd., a factory which currently produces motherboards for ASUS and which belongs to the 3CEMS Group…Despite official investigation, as of May 28, Yinchuan Electronics still has child workers…Liu Fuzong was sent by the Dongguan Wantong Labor Dispatch Company into Yinchuan Electronics to work. He entered the factory using the ID of a person…who was 18 years old. But Fuzong was only 14 years old. Yinchuan Electronics has already confirmed this information to media…According to the hospital's report, the cause of death was “sudden death”…Students workers at Yinchuan told CLW that workers, no matter their age, all worked 12-hour shifts with two breaks for meals, though overtime may extend beyond 12 hours…The students also said that they came recently with a group of 80 young students from a school in Sichuan, and some…under the age of 16…[also refers to Samsung, Canon, Sony]