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Bangladesh police and underpaid garment workers clash in mass protest | South China Morning Post

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Bangladeshi police used water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse 10,000 striking garment workers who were blocking a major highway in a fourth day of industrial action on January 9. One worker was killed and 50 others injured after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at some 5,000 workers protesti…

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