Cambodian shootings highlight the country’s real weakness

Three protesters were injured, one seriously, when a gunman opened fire on February 20 at a crowd supporting a strike at the Kaoway Sports footwear factory in Bavet, southeast Cambodia. Though there appears just one suspect in the shootings, no arrests had been made by the end of March. The shooting was claimed by a campaign group to be at least the fifth shooting of protesters in Cambodia over the past few months.

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