Four employees of Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest iPhone assembler, have been detained in China under “quite strange” circumstances, Taiwan’s government said.

Four Taiwanese employees at Chinese facilities that make products for Apple have been detained by local authorities.

Chinese authorities have detained four employees of Taiwanese Apple supplier Foxconn under "quite strange" circumstances. Police in Zhengzhou city of Henan province held the factory workers on an offence equivalent to Taiwan ’s “crime of breach of trust”, the island’s mainland affairs council said.

Apple has had a challenging year for iPhone sales in China, but a new facility opening in Shenzhen aims to bolster the company’s position.

Taiwan’s government said that they had been accused of a breach of trust, but that their employer, Foxconn, had denied the company suffered any losses.

Chinese police have taken into custody four Taiwanese employees at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Apple Inc.’s main assembly partner, the latest in a spate of detentions that have rattled investor confidence in the country.

China thing? Perhaps.

Chinese police have detained four workers of the Taiwanese iPhone maker, Foxconn, in circumstances Taipei has described as "strange". The employees were arrested in Zhengzhou in Henan province on "breach of trust" charges,

Chinese authorities are investigating four Taiwanese employees at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Apple Inc.’s main assembly partner, for suspected criminal activities including bribery, according to Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office.

Chinese police have detained four Foxconn workers in circumstances Taipei has described as "strange."