Bejing – Zhang Shuhong, co-owner of the Guangdong-based Lee Der Industrial Co. Ltd., which manufactured the nearly 1 million Fisher-Price toys recalled last month for lead contamination, hung himself over the weekend.
“It is common for disgraced officials to commit suicide in China,” reports the AP matter-of-factly.
Mattel recalled nearly a million Fisher-Price toys for preschoolers in the United States because the toys were suspected of having paint with excessive amounts of lead.
Mattel identified the factory last week after coming under fire for not disclosing it at the time of the recall.
On Thursday, the Chinese government suspended Lee Der’s export license, the New York Times reported.
The toy recall was the latest in a serious of safety problems that have emerged in Chinese exports, from pet food to toothpaste.
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