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

The employees were detained by public security in the city of Zhengzhou for the equivalent of 'breach of trust' under Taiwan law, Taipei's top China policy body, the Mainland Affairs Council, said

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.

The four individuals were detained in Zhengzhou, a central Chinese city, where Foxconn operates its massive iPhone assembly plant, the largest of its kind in the world. The employees are accused of breaching trust,

Police in Zhengzhou city have detained four Foxconn staff on charges of breach of trust, according Taiwanese officials.

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

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.

Taipei, Taiwan – Four Taiwanese employees of Apple supplier Foxconn have been detained in China since January, Taiwan’s national news agency has reported.

Authorities in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou have accused them of ‘breach of trust’ and the ‘misappropriation of funds’

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 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.