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.

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.

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,

China thing? Perhaps.

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.

The workers have been detained since January, Taiwanese media reported. The council quoted Foxconn as saying that “the four employees did not harm the company’s interests”.

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