600 detained over Samsung protests

The police on Tuesday said it has detained around 600 Samsung Electronics workers and union members for organising a street protest, as a strike at the South Korean firm’s home appliances plant in Tamil Nadu state entered its fourth week. Charles Sam Rajadurai, a senior state police official, said employees and workers linked to CITU, which is leading the protest, were detained as their protest march near Chennai was inconveniencing the public. “They are being detained in four wedding halls,” he said.