Police beat protesting iPhone workers as Covid cases hit record high in China
by Guardian staff and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#665KY)
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Police in China have dealt out beatings to workers protesting over working conditions and pay at the biggest factory for iPhones, as the country's Covid-19 cases hit a new daily high.
Videos online showed thousands of people in masks facing rows of police in white protective suits with plastic riot shields. Police kicked and hit a protester with clubs after he grabbed a metal pole that had been used to strike him. People who made the footage said it was filmed at the site.
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