The managers of a sales firm have been arrested after they allegedly forced employees to drink urine when they failed to meet their targets.

Footage has emerged online purportedly showing the incident in China, during which staff are also whipped with a belt.​

The video, filmed in southwestern China's Guizhou Province on October 30, shows a worker standing in the middle of what appears to be an office meeting room being whipped by one of the managers.

Then, several employees can be seen each taking a cup of yellow liquid and drinking it front of a Power Point presentation screen.

According to reports, the nauseating punishments were dealt out by the business' leaders when staff failed to meet their sales targets.

Three of the company's managers have now been arrested, two of whom were detained for ten days.

The police are continuing to investigate the incident.