Workers ‘cheated’ at hands of labour firm

[geovalin]

Sen David

Migrant workers protested yesterday outside the Phnom Penh office of a company they claim cheated them out of thousands of dollars and abandoned them on the way to Thailand.

The demonstrators gathering outside the Chin Vanda Manpower company in Sen Sok district were surprised that the company had taken down its logo from the front gate, and on learning that the firm was not a registered recruitment agency.

Some of the workers, who each say they paid hundreds of dollars in fees to Chin Vanda Manpower, travelled to the Ministry of Labour to lodge complaints.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-cheated-hands-labour-firm

[maidee]

pay to get a job, never understood why people still fall for that trap

[robblok]

pay to get a job, never understood why people still fall for that trap

Desperation, plus it far more normal here to pay to get into certain positions as in the west. Also remember these people are not the brightest in the world and don't have access to all the information you have.