In the capital of the country, Phnom Penh the striking garment workers clashed with the police.
The workers are on strike as a union official has been suspended. They said that the police used electric batons on them. In the scuffle, some of the members of the Free Trade Union were injured and as per the Union the police broke the law which guarantees right of industrial action.

On the other hand as per the police chief, Mok Hong, there were no injuries to any of the workers and that they were following the order of the court which instructed them to keep the streets clear. As per the witness on the site, around 3300 workers who were mainly female were forced into the factory by around 50 police officials.

The workers said that when the police came they started beating the workers with electric batons. The dismissed member of the Union, Mon Chana says that he does not know on what grounds he was dismissed. He said the reason might have been that he was representing the workers and was helping them solve their problems thus he was asked to leave so that the management could do whatever they wanted to and nobody will interfere.

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