 |
"Yeah, so, your exact title is 'Vice President of Corporate Face.' There's not normally a lot for you to do but when there's a crisis you may be called on to really put yourself on the line for the firm..." |
Posted on 08/13/2007 10:01:27 AM PDT by swilliams53
The head of a Chinese toy manufacturing company at the center of a huge U.S. recall has committed suicide, a state-run newspaper said Monday. Zhang Shuhong, who co-owned Lee Der Industrial Co. Ltd., killed himself at a warehouse over the weekend, days after China announced it had temporarily banned exports by the company, the Southern Metropolis Daily said. Lee Der made 967,000 toys recalled earlier this month by Mattel Inc. because they were made with paint found to have excessive amounts of lead. The plastic preschool toys, sold under the Fisher-Price brand in the U.S., included the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters. It was among the largest recalls in recent months involving Chinese products, which have come under fire for globally for containing potentially dangerous high levels of chemicals and toxins. The Southern Metropolis Daily said that a supplier, Zhang's best friend, sold Lee Der fake paint which was used in the toys. "The boss and the company were harmed by the paint supplier, the closest friend of our boss," a manager surnamed Liu was quoted as saying. Liu said Zhang hung himself on Saturday, according to the report. It is common for disgraced officials to commit suicide in China. "When I got there around 5 p.m., police had already sealed off the area," Liu said. A company official who answered the telephone at the Lee Der factory in the southern city of Foshan on Monday said he had not heard of the news. A man at Lee Der's main office in Hong Kong said the company was not accepting interviews and hung up. According to a search on a registry of Hong Kong companies, Zhang — whose name is spelled Cheung Shu-hung in official documents — is a co-owner of Lee Der.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
I understand he killed himself by chewing on an ‘Elmo’ doll.
Either you kill yourself, or they execute you in China (RE: China head of FDA like organization is executed in China story)
|
"Yeah, so, your exact title is 'Vice President of Corporate Face.' There's not normally a lot for you to do but when there's a crisis you may be called on to really put yourself on the line for the firm..." |
The suicide was awful. “He shot himself 6 times in the head, reloaded and shot himself another six times,” said Communist State Security Officer Hung Low, first to arrive on the scene.
| "What are you saying? You know, depressed people are resourceful people..." |
 |
Yeah, they certainly deserved to die for that.
Wow, they don't mess around. Too bad our country doesn't have that work ethic.....
| "A billion dollars isn't pique, a billion bucks is the wrath of God!" |
 |
He died Vince Foster style!
That sounds like an implausible tale to cover up an execution.
“He shot himself 6 times in the head, reloaded and shot himself another six times,”
Yeah, but the falling down the stairs with 3 knives in his back after having ingested the poison just before the rope wound up around his neck really did him in.
Yeah. It does, doesn't it?
Live free or die hard.
By shooting themselves in the back of the head, while their hands are tied, no doubt...
By shooting themselves in the back of the head, while their hands are tied, no doubt...
See? Lead kills.
TC
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.