Garment workers from the Yung Wah I and Yung Wah II Industrial (Cambodia) factories block a road during a protest in Kandal province, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post

With the anniversary of the shooting of three garment workers at Kaoway Sports factory in Bavet town just a week away, about 5,000 workers went on strike yesterday at the Manhattan Special Economic Zone (MSEZ), where then-city governor Chhouk Bandith allegedly opened fire last year.

In a simultaneous protest yesterday, the entire workforce of Kandal province’s Yung Wah Industrial garment factory complex – about 7,000 workers – blocked the road outside the shuttered Gap supplier all day to demand their salaries, which are two months overdue.

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Source: (The Phnom Penh Post – February 13, 2013)