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More Casualties In Recall: Toy Manufacturer Suicide
Cheung Shu-hung, head of Lee Der Industrial Co. killed himself last weekend in an apparent suicide. Lee Der supplied Mattel with Sesame Street and Dora toys which have now been recalled for excessive amounts of lead in the paint. Cheung may have been duped in this whole thing: “After the recall, Lee Der maintained that its paint supplier, Cheung’s
best friend, supplied ‘fake paint’ used in the toys, the Southern
Metropolis Daily said.” The Chinese government temporarily banned Lee Der from exporting following the recall.
Tragedy dogpiles on top of tragedy. Is it too much to hope that perhaps some good can come out of all of this badness, with tougher standards on toys, better regulatory control and enforcement, and maybe even some long hard looks at our trade policies? Sigh. It probably is.
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