Foxconn apologises over pay dispute at Chinese factory

Protesters face off against security personnel at the factory compound operated by Foxconn (AP)

The company that assembles Apple’s iPhones has apologised for what it called a technical error that led to protests by employees over wages offered to attract them to a factory currently under coronavirus restrictions.

Protests erupted on Tuesday in the central city of Zhengzhou after employees complained Foxconn Technology Group required them to carry out extra work in order to receive the higher pay they were promised by recruiters.