Stones, bottles traded at SL Garment protest

Broken bottles and stones flung by security guards at striking garment workers who blocked the road in front of the factory yesterday morning injured about 10 people, worker representatives said.

The attack allegedly occurred at around 7:30 am, after about 500 employees at SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd crowded in the road in front of the Meanchey district factory and refused to move, said Sean Sophal, a worker representative for Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), which represents most of SL’s some 6, 000 workers. …

The incident marks the second time this week SL workers, who began striking nearly three months ago, reported receiving injuries while demonstrating. …

       

Mom Kunthear, P.5
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