Taiwan says 4 Foxconn workers detained in China 

Taipei, Taiwan — 

Four radical moving for Taiwanese tech elephantine Foxconn successful China person been detained, Taipei said Friday, describing the circumstances arsenic "quite strange".

The employees were detained by nationalist information successful the cardinal metropolis of Zhengzhou for the equivalent of "breach of trust" nether Taiwan law, Taipei's apical China argumentation body, the Mainland Affairs Council, said successful a connection to AFP.

"The circumstances surrounding this lawsuit are rather strange," the assembly said.

Foxconn "has declared the institution suffered nary losses, and the 4 employees did not harm the company's interests successful immoderate way," it said, without providing details astir erstwhile they were detained oregon their roles.

Foxconn, besides known by its authoritative sanction Hon Hai Precision Industry, is the world's biggest declaration electronics shaper and assembles devices for large tech companies, including Apple.

Most of its factories are successful China, including Zhengzhou, which is dubbed "iPhone City" arsenic the location of the world's biggest mill for the smartphone.

The Straits Exchange Foundation, a semi-official assemblage successful Taiwan handling radical and concern exchanges with China, told AFP the 4 detainees were Taiwanese.

The lawsuit "may impact corruption and maltreatment of powerfulness by a tiny fig of nationalist information officials, which has severely damaged concern confidence," the Mainland Affairs Council said.

"We impulse the applicable authorities crossed the strait to analyse and code the substance promptly."

A Foxconn spokesperson declined to remark erstwhile contacted by AFP. China's overseas ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said she was "not alert of the circumstantial situation".

China and Taiwan person been locked successful a decades-long dispute, with Beijing claiming the self-ruled land arsenic portion of its territory, which the Taipei authorities rejects.

Many Taiwanese companies acceptable up factories successful China implicit the past 4 decades, taking vantage of the shared connection and cheaper operating costs, but concern has fallen sharply successful caller years implicit determination tech disputes.