Foxconn protest disrupts Taiwan tech fair
TAIPEI — Scuffles erupted in Taiwan on Tuesday as activists alleging labour abuses by IT giant Foxconn tried to enter an exhibition centre where President Ma Ying-jeou was opening Asia's biggest technology fair.
The protesters, who were shouting "Capitalists kill people" and holding placards and pictures of Foxconn chief Terry Gou, fought with uniformed police as they tried to deliver a letter to Ma while he launched Computex Taipei.
Five other IT tycoons, including Apple chief executive Steve Jobs and Cher Wang, chairwoman of Taiwan's leading smartphoner maker HTC Corp, were also targeted.
Foxconn, a unit of the Hon Hai group, makes a range of popular products including Apple iPhones, Dell computers and Nokia mobile phones.
"All the products on display at the exhibition inside are made with workers' sweat and blood," demonstration leader Liu Nien-yun told reporters. "That's why we're here."
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The protesters, who were shouting "Capitalists kill people" and holding placards and pictures of Foxconn chief Terry Gou, fought with uniformed police as they tried to deliver a letter to Ma while he launched Computex Taipei.
Five other IT tycoons, including Apple chief executive Steve Jobs and Cher Wang, chairwoman of Taiwan's leading smartphoner maker HTC Corp, were also targeted.
Foxconn, a unit of the Hon Hai group, makes a range of popular products including Apple iPhones, Dell computers and Nokia mobile phones.
"All the products on display at the exhibition inside are made with workers' sweat and blood," demonstration leader Liu Nien-yun told reporters. "That's why we're here."
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