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KYODO NEWS - 44 minutes ago - 17:34 | All, JapanAn employee of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly abetting suicide after one of the company's recruits killed himself in August, company and other sources said Saturday.
The trainee killed himself in late August, and a note making reference to his office relations was left at the scene, the sources said.
Mitsubishi Electric has seen a number of work-related deaths in recent years.
Labor authorities awarded workers' compensation to five employees at the company between 2014 and 2017, of whom two had committed suicide.
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