Deadly clashes between poor garment workers and police are threatening to cripple Cambodia's largest export industry.
Cambodia's largest export industry is facing its biggest crisis, with garment workers and security forces engaged in a series of ongoing clashes. One recent protest left five people dead and scores injured.
The violence comes after weeks of political and labour unrest crippled Cambodia's garment industry.
While the international spotlight has focused on the garment factories of Bangladesh, Cambodia's garment workers have been staging their own revolution. Hundreds of industrial strikes have left the industry in turmoil and presented Prime Minister Hun Sen with the toughest political challenge in his nearly three-decade rule.
Last year 381 industrial strikes were recorded, up from 102 the previous year. Backed by a powerful workers' union, the nationwide strikes are fuelled by opposition-led, anti-government protests demanding Hun Sen's resignation.
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