Some employers have escaped because of gambling debts: PM

Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that some garment workers have not been paid because their employers shut down the factories and fled after they lost money gambling. Speaking to thousands of garment workers in Kandal province, Mr Hun Sen said that some of the factories were shuttered because their managers stole the workers’ wages for gambling.

“Their managers lose money gambling; they do not know what to do. They spend the workers’ wages and then they panic. They have to escape,” he said. He said he usually asked his officials to find solutions for the workers when they protested by holding pictures of him and his wife, Bun Rany.

“Recently, the government paid cash in advance to the workers whose employers escaped. The government loses money, but it must provide wages to the workers,” he said. Last week, the government announced it would pay cash in advance to workers whose bosses escaped without paying their wages and bonuses. Mr Hun Sen said the government was prepared to pay $4.6 million to 4,100 workers whose bosses escaped, meaning each worker would get about $1,100.

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