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| Cambodia garment workers injured in clashes with police | |
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| Police have opened fire on striking Cambodian garment workers, injuring several of them. | |
| Police fired shots on Friday after the workers blocked a road south of the capital, Phnom Penh, and clashed with the police, eyewitnesses said. | |
| The textile workers have been protesting and demanding the minimum wage be doubled. | |
| Cambodia has around 500,000 workers in the garment industry - a key source of income for the country. | |
| The workers have been striking for the past few weeks, demanding a minimum wage of $160 (£97) a month. The government has offered an increase to around $100 (£60). | |
| Chan Soveth, an activist from rights group Adhoc, told AFP news agency that security forces "used rifles and other things to crack down on the strikers" at Friday's protest. | |
| Military police spokesman Kheng Tito told AFP that the police cracked down on protesters after nine policemen were injured in the clashes. | |
| Two protesters had been arrested, he added. |