Exodus follows violent clash
Garment workers have begun leaving the area surrounding embattled Veng Sreng street en masse, following the outbreak of clashes early on Friday morning. An estimated 80 per cent of the more than 10,000 workers who live and are employed in the Meanchey district suburb have vacated their homes, said Som Aun, president of the government’s Cambodian Council of National Unions (CCNU). … Four people were killed and more than 20 injured after riot police opened fire outside the Canadia Industrial Park on protesting workers, some of whom were armed with homemade weapons, rocks and Molotov cocktails. …
Mom Kunthear
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