Protest grows outside Siem Reap town hotel

A protest at the Victoria Angkor Resort in Siem Reap entered its ninth day yesterday as about 90 staff gathered to demonstrate in front of the high-end hotel after recent negotiations broke down.

The protesters reiterated their demands to reinstate 17 employees fired in September and October last year following union elections and for Ronan Bianchi, the hotel’s general manager, whom they blame for the firings, to be dismissed.

Despite the attendance of provincial governor Khim Bun Song, negotiations on Monday failed to produce an acceptable outcome in the dispute, leading directly to the protest, said Morm Rithy, president of the Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation.

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