Toy firm boss commits suicide
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From Times Wire Services
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 today.
Zhang Shuhong, who ran the Lee Der Industrial Co., killed himself at a warehouse over the weekend, the Southern Metropolis Daily said.
Lee Der made 967,000 toys recalled this month by Mattel Inc. because they were found to have high amounts of lead.
An official at Lee Der said today he hadn’t heard the news.
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