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.

Four employees of the Taiwanese contract manufacturer that makes the Apple iPhone are in detention in China, Taiwanese authorities said Friday.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Four Taiwanese employees of the Foxconn Technology Group were arrested in Zhengzhou, China by local authorities on unspecified charges.

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.

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, Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said in a statement.

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.

At least four Taiwanese employees at Foxconn, the world’s largest iPhone manufacturer, have been detained in China, Taiwanese authorities said on Thursday.

China thing? Perhaps.

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.

Police in Zhengzhou city have detained four Foxconn staff on charges of breach of trust, according Taiwanese officials Chinese police have taken into custody four Taiwanese employees at Hon Hai Precision Industry,