China detains iPhone maker employees in ‘unusual’ case | EUROtoday

Chinese police have detained 4 employees of the Taiwanese iPhone maker, Foxconn, in circumstances Taipei has described as “strange”.

The staff have been arrested in Zhengzhou in Henan province on “breach of trust” costs, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council stated in a press release.

The BBC has contacted Foxconn for remark.

The firm is the most important maker of iPhones for US know-how large Apple and is among the largest employers on the earth, with main manufacturing services in China.

Taiwanese authorities prompt the detentions could also be a case of “abuse of power” by Chinese law enforcement officials and stated the case undermines the arrogance of companies working in China.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated they weren’t conscious of the matter.

In October final 12 months, China’s tax and land authorities launched an investigation into the corporate.

At that point, Foxconn’s founder Terry Gou was working as an impartial candidate in Taiwan’s presidential election.

Taiwan has urged its residents to “avoid non-essential travel” to the mainland in addition to Hong Kong and Macau after China unveiled tips in June detailing felony punishments for what Beijing described as diehard “Taiwan independence” separatists.

Foxconn’s facility in Zhengzhou is the world’s largest iPhone manufacturing facility which is broadly referred to as “iPhone City”.

Despite a long-standing geopolitical rift between Beijing and Taipei, Foxconn is amongst many Taiwanese companies which have constructed factories in China.

Beijing sees the island as a breakaway province that may, finally, be a part of the nation, and has not dominated out using drive to attain this.

But many Taiwanese contemplate themselves to be a part of a separate nation – though most are in favour of sustaining the established order the place Taiwan neither declares independence from China nor unites with it.