Fisher Price Recall “Culprit” Kills Himself

by Jacob Pang on 8/14/2007

Adding another twist to this story, The boss of a Chinese toy firm involved in a huge safety recall has committed suicide, Chinese media has said. Zhang Shuhong, who co-owned the Lee Der Toy Company, was reportedly found dead at his factory in southern China. About 1.5 million toys made for Fisher Price, a subsidiary of US giant Mattel, were withdrawn from sale earlier this month. Many were made by Lee Der.

Although I tend to leave conspiracy theories to books and television, one can’t help but think whether Mr Zhang was ultimately responsible for the huge recall of toys. Growing pains as I mentioned is an inevitable thing; for China, the path is just a little more slippery.

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