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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10206586" data-attributes="member: 92282"> The police a short while ago fired tear gas to  disperse garment workers who had been protesting throughout the day at  Katunayake against the Government’s proposed private pension scheme, a  trade unionist said.   Anton Marcus with the Free Trade Zone Workers Union  (FTZWU) said that the police action was aimed at a few protestors who  were waiting at bus halts to catch a ride home.   The police action was unprovoked since the protestors had remained peaceful throughout the day, Mr. Marcus said.   Earlier and estimated 25,000 factory hands took to  the streets from early in the day in and around the FTZ zone in  Katunayake to protest at the proposed pension scheme. </blockquote>

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