Foxconn closes China plant after 40 injured in brawl

FIGHT: Workers walking out of a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Foxconn closed its Taiyuan plant in northern China after a personal dispute spiralled into a brawl involving 2,000 workers in a dormitory late on Sunday night, injuring 40. — Reuters

TAIPEI: Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group closed its Taiyuan plant in northern China on Monday after a personal dispute spiraled into a brawl involving 2,000 workers in a dormitory late on Sunday night, injuring 40.

The Taiyuan plant, which employs about 79,000 workers, makes automobile electronic components, consumer electronic components and precision moldings. An employee told Reuters the plant also makes parts and assembles Apple's iPhone 5.