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Apple employee working 'relentless overtime hours' dies


A 26-year-old worker who made Apple iPhones at a Chinese factory has died after working up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, it has been claimed.

Tian Fulei was found dead on February 3 in a dormitory he shared with other workers near Shanghai at Pegatron.

His sister, Mrs Tian told MailOnline that the assembly line worker who earned a basic wage of 1,800 Yuan (£187) a month, died in the morning but his body was not discovered until the evening.

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