Foxconn Factory Closed After Worker Riot

Foxconn Technology, a major supplier for Apple, said that it had closed one of its large Chinese plants early Monday after police were called in to break up a fight among factory employees. The official Xinhua News Agency said the situation was brought under control after about 10 hours.

Foxconn confirmed that a "personal dispute" escalated into an incident involving about 2,000 workers, injuring 40 of them.

"The cause of this dispute is under investigation by local authorities and we are working closely with them in this process, but it appears not to have been work-related," Foxconn said.

Comments on Chinese internet bulletin boards said the trouble may have been sparked by a security guard hitting an employee and not related to the recent anti-Japan protests.

It's not yet known which products made by Foxconn are manufactured at the Taiyuan plant. Foxconn makes Apple iPad and iPhones, as well as products for companies such as Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.

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