living in Hong Kong, the Foxconn suicides are front-page news here.
the current take on that here is:

a) 9 cases are just the cases known so far. at least 1 other known case has been originally, through 'pr' work with police and local governments, officially reported as a natural-causes death. in another known case the victim has been officially recorded as 'unidentified person', but now is know to have been another Foxconn employee.
thus the question all ask is "are 9 suicides all there have been, or have there been a lot more?"

b) Foxconn known military-style management employees, their work AND personal life is being questioned and scrutinized. majority of employees live in dormitories on the factory grounds, and are under scrutiny by management 100% of the time.