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Bavet arrest tally swells


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Six alleged protesters in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet town were arrested on Wednesday, provincial police confirmed yesterday, risking a fragile peace as garment workers return to work this morning after more than a week of unrest. Since last week, thousands of protesting garment workers in Bavet have clashed repeatedly with police over demands to increase the minimum wage. The fresh arrests come amid demands from protesters to release four garment workers arrested last Friday for allegedly pelting a factory with rocks.

Kim Lai, provincial penal police director, said the six were arrested for damaging a fire truck during the worst of the clashes, which occurred on Tuesday and resulted in two police officers being injured by rock-throwing protesters. “We knew clearly that they were involved because I was standing there watching them,” he said, adding that the six were all truck drivers who drive garment workers to their factories and that there was video evidence of their involvement.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national

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