A dozen strikers detained at Singapore-owned plant in Shanghai

Chinese police detained around a dozen workers at Hi-P International, a Singapore-owned electronics plant in Shanghai today as a strike involving over 200 workers extended into its seventh day in the latest labour unrest to hit the country.

Around 80 workers also submitted a petition to local authorities, seeking intervention against what they said was a management plan for mass layoffs.

"They are contravening labour law by asking us to leave but not pay us any compensation. Why are the authorities siding with them? Who can help us weak workers?" said a female factory worker, who only gave her surname as Wang.

Hi-P could not be immediately reached for comment. The firm has denied firing workers, saying it was in talks "with the support of the authorities and the labour union".

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