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The apparent suicide death of a Foxconn employee accused of misplacing an Apple iPhone prototype has sparked an Internet firestorm and a police investigation.

VentureBeat pieces together reports coming out of China regarding the recent apparent suicide of a Foxconn employee after he lost track of an iPhone prototype in his possession.

When a closely guarded prototype of a new Apple iPhone went missing at a huge factory here two weeks ago, an internal investigation focused on a shy, 25-year-old employee named Sun Danyong.

"Ma's sister, Ma Hui, however, said she believed her brother died after being beaten, as she found big wounds on her brother's head and bloodstains around his mouth and nose.\n\nIn 2009, Sun Danyong of Foxconn, committed suicide on July 16, during an investigation into the loss of a prototype of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone."