Riot at Foxconn Factory in China Blamed on Harsh Security Officers
Foxconn workers are blaming company security officers for Sunday’s unrest at a manufacturing facility in China, claiming that the mass riot was the result of an escalating brawl between assembly line workers and security guards, according to an article from the IDG News Service.
The riot involved 2,000 workers, and it occurred at a Foxconn factory in the Chinese city of Taiyuan and sent 40 people to the hospital before it was stopped by local police, the article says. While Foxconn states that the incident arose from a “personal dispute,” without elaborating, company workers interviewed Tuesday say the riot started as a fight between only a few security officers and workers.