Cambodian security guards and city workers dismantled a camp occupied by anti-government demonstrators on Saturday as riot police looked on.<br /><br />Hundreds of supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have been camped at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park since mid-December, the only place in the city where protests are allowed.<br /><br />Many demonstrators fled, some clutching babies, when they saw the police coming. <br /><br />It comes a day after a bloody crackdown on garment factory workers allied with the protest movement. At least three people were killed in on Friday when police opened fire on the workers.<br /><br />The CNRP has promised to double the monthly wage of 350,000 garment workers across Cambodia to about 120 euros if it wins a re-run of the July election it says was rigged. The prime minister is refusing to hold a re-run.<br /><br />The government offered to raise the minimum wage from 58 euros a month to the equivalent of 70 euros a month. Unions have rejected that.<br /><br />Many big brands outsource clothing and footwear manufacturing to Cambodia, because of cheap labour costs.<br /><br />Jeans made in Cambodia usually sell in Europe and the United States for a higher price per pair than the workers’ 58 euros a month income. Many struggle to make ends meet.
