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Garment workers take to the streets following lock-out
seven injured and seven others arrested after clash between workers and riot police

Striking Cambodian shoe and clothing workers blocked roads and scuffled with police.

At least seven people were injured and seven others arrested after clashes between the workers and riot police, local rights monitors said.

Community Legal Education Centre spokesman Huy Pichsovann said that police had beaten the marching workers with truncheons.

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