BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s government said on Friday that employees of Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest iPhone assembler, are being investigated for suspected taking of bribes and embezzlement, after Taiwan reported their detention.
Taiwan’s government said this week that four Foxconn employees had been detained in China under “quite strange” circumstances in China’s Zhengzhou, home to a major Foxconn plant assembling Apple’s iPhones, on suspicion of the equivalent of “breach of trust”.
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, in a statement to Reuters, said the Foxconn employees are suspected of crimes including taking bribes and embezzlement and the investigation is ongoing. It did not state how many employees were being investigated.
“The relevant departments are handling the case strictly in accordance with the law and are protecting their legal rights in accordance with the law,” it added, without elaborating.
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