Ten lawyers representing 22 of the 23 striking workers, union officials and political activists imprisoned at a maximum-security prison in Kompong Cham province since their arrests at two protests in Phnom Penh earlier this month submitted bail requests for their clients Thursday, one of the lawyers said.

The requests for the prisoners, detained in the notorious Correctional Center 3 (CC3), were submitted to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, where the 23 have been charged with intentional violence and property destruction, said Ham Surith, a Community Legal Education Center lawyer.

Source: (The Cambodia Daily, January 17, 2013)