Violence at China iPhone plant as FURIOUS workers smash spy cameras
In shocking scenes of violence, men wielding sticks smashed surveillance cameras and windows at an Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn plant in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. Scenes broadcast live on the Kuaishou short video platform showed on Wednesday.
Hundreds of workers protested at the campus, home to the world's largest iPhone factory, where many chanted "give us our pay". They were surrounded by people in full hazmat suits, some carrying batons.
The images, which could not immediately be verified by Reuters, come after weeks of turmoil which have seen scores of employees flee the factory over COVID-19 controls.
Many former workers have spoken of food shortages and rigid quarantine rules, and Foxconn has had to offer incentives including bonuses to retain or lure workers.
Multiple people said on the livestream feeds they were protesting after being informed this week that they would receive their bonuses later than initially promised.
"Foxconn never treats humans as humans," said one person in social media footage of the scenes.
Two sources with knowledge of the matter said there were protests at the Zhengzhou campus but declined to provide more details.
Foxconn and Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
As of 0515 GMT, most of the footage had been taken down. Kuaishou did not respond to a request for comment.
Some videos showed people pulling down barriers set up to quarantine areas as part of China's zero-COVID policy, or arguing with the hazmat-suited personnel.
Other videos showed workers complaining about the food they had been provided with while in quarantine or complaining that there were inadequate curbs in place to contain an outbreak.
Relentless controls and spot lockdowns across China have fuelled
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