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Protesting Capitol bus drivers attacked


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A bloody scuffle in Phnom Penh on Saturday left scores injured after protesting bus drivers and their supporters were brutally set upon by a rival association armed with sticks, metal bars and hammers. Police arrested two protesters – former Capitol bus driver Norn Van, and Cambodia Labour Confederation member Ros Sipha – but none of the alleged attackers.

A statement signed by 34 civil society organisations blasted the police for ignoring the beatings and called “for the immediate release of the arbitrarily detained victims and … a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into today’s events”. On Saturday morning, a total of about 50 former drivers of the Capitol Bus Company and their supporters from the Cambodia Labour Confederation gathered in front of the Capitol office near O’Russey Market to protest the firing of 45 drivers for trying to start a union.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protesting-capitol-bus-drivers-attacked

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