Riot Breaks Out at Foxconn Plant in Chengdu

Up to a thousand Foxconn employees living in a Foxconn dormitory at the plant in Chengdu clashed with security staff on Monday evening, reports Want China Times.

The clash broke out at a male dormitory for Foxconn workers in Kaoxinxi district in northwest Chengdu. When two security guards called out to stop a thief, some employees with grudges against the security officers took the chance to hinder them and forced them away.

The situation quickly escalated out of control with up to one thousand workers joining the fray, throwing trash bins, chairs, pots, bottles and fireworks from the upper floors of the bulding to the ground and destroying public facilities.


Hundreds of police officers were brought in to suppress the riot which ended after two hours. Dozens were arrested.

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