Apple supplier Wistron puts India plant damage at up to $7 million

Men wearing protective face masks walk past broken windows of a facility run by Wistron Corp, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer for Apple, in Narsapura near the southern city of Bengaluru, India, December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The ransacking of an iPhone manufacturing facility in India caused up to T$200 million ($7.12 million) in damage though production facilities were not as badly hit as reported, its Taiwan-based operator Wistron Corp said on Tuesday.

Thousands of contract workers gathered on the grounds of theWistron site on the outskirts of India's tech hub of Bengaluruon Saturday demanding unpaid wages and better working hours. As police arrived, the crowd turned violent and video fromthe scene showed people armed with rods and sticks smashingequipment and vandalising cars. In a police report seen by Reuters, Wistron estimated damages worth $60 million.