An employee of France Telecom-Orange set himself on fire in his office parking lot on Tuesday, reviving the painful memory of a string of suicides that has gripped the telecommunications giant for three years.
The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an inquiry into human resources policies at France Telecom in response to formal complaints against the company after a spate of suicides at the ex-state monopoly.
Paris have said that the suspected killers of a Hamas leader in Dubai had stolen the identities of French citizens, as pressure mounts on Israel to offer explanations over what is widely speculated to have been a murder plot by its secret service.
Stephane Richard (pictured), France Telecom’s number two, will replace CEO Didier Lombard on March 1. Lombard has been under mounting pressure for mishandling a rash of suicides that plagued the French giant last year.
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A 48-year-old engineer working for France Telecom in Brittany hung himself on Thursday. It is the 25th case of suicide at the French telecommunication giant since February 2008.
