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Riots have broken out in an Apple factory in China, forcing a temporary closure of the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The plant owned by Foxconn involved 2000 workers at a site in Northern China at Taiyuan, Shanxi, reports Dow Jones<\/a> newswire. <\/p>\n

40 workers were injured in the brawl late Sunday and an astonishing 5,000 police were called to the scene to bring it under control, according to Reuters<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The new iPhone 5 is being produced at the plant, the report states.  <\/p>\n

The fight involved two different employee groups in a dormitory over a personal issue, which then spread into the factory, forcing the plant to close for the day. <\/p>\n

It took several hours for police to get control of the situation and a number of arrests were made at the plant, which employs almost 80,000 workers. <\/p>\n

“The cause of this dispute is under investigation by local authorities and we are working closely with them in this process, but it appears not to have been work-related,” a Foxxconn rep said.<\/p>\n

There are still a number of police believed to be at the scene. <\/p>\n

It was recently reported Foxconn workers were forced to work huge hours overtime in order to fill mass orders of Apple’s new smartphone, which went on sale on Friday. <\/p>\n

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Foxconn, Apple’s largest contract manufacturer, is no stranger to controversy following accusations of flouting labour laws, poor working conditions, low pay and a spate of suicides by workers at various factory locations in China.<\/p>\n

It is not known what other devices are made at the Taiyuan based plant. <\/p>\n

This is the latest setback for Apple’s iPhone 5 after its new in-house maps system was panned and Facebook integration with iOS 6 said to be woeful. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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