![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/moment-chinese-stormtroopers-in-hazmat-suits-block-locked-down-workers/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/storm-brewing-chilling-moment-wall-772475959-1.jpg&description=THIS is the chilling moment a wall of Chinese stormtroopers blocked workers fleeing from the world's largest iPhone factory that has been forced into lockdown. Footage captured the moment hundreds of escaping employees were met by a wall of officials donning hazmat suits on Tuesday. Fleeing factory employees were halted by a wall of Chinese stormtroopersCredit: Twitter/@jenniferzeng97 The chilling footage showed officials had blocked off their entire escape routeCredit: Twitter/@jenniferzeng97 The Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou is the world's biggest iPhone factoryCredit: Reuters Staff at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, which employs 200,000 people, have been trapped in isolation after the city was plunged into strict lockdown under President Xi Jinping's 'Zero Covid' policy. The plant was first forced into a 'closed loop system" after just a handful of Covid cases emerged in the region this month. But workers claim they have been barred from leaving the manufacturing campus ever since. The fed-up employees have now decided to make another break for it, amid reports of food shortages, fights and unsanitary conditions. Haunting footage shared on Twitter showed their latest attempt, as hundreds of employees marched down the empty motorway. But the crowd's getaway was obstructed by an eerie wall of China's Covid enforcement officers sporting white hazmat suits. The rest of the road was also barricaded by large trucks, leaving the workers with no route. The short clip then concludes before the swarm of employees reached the picket line. It comes just days after staff were seen jumping over fences before hauling their belongings up hills alongside the freeway as they made a desperate bid for freedom. Insiders suggest many have begun lengthy walks back to their hometowns in a bid to avoid being caught on public transport. Workers have claimed the area surrounding the factory has been locked down, with most staff members being subjected to daily testing to try and contain th){kind=link}
THIS is the chilling moment a wall of Chinese stormtroopers blocked workers fleeing from the world’s largest iPhone factory that has been forced into lockdown.
Footage captured the moment hundreds of escaping employees were met by a wall of officials donning hazmat suits on Tuesday.
Staff at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, which employs 200,000 people, have been trapped in isolation after the city was plunged into strict lockdown under President Xi Jinping’s ‘Zero Covid’ policy.
The plant was first forced into a “closed loop system” after just a handful of Covid cases emerged in the region this month.
But workers claim they have been barred from leaving the manufacturing campus ever since.