Seven months Protest ends after threat of arrest

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Workers from the defunct Chung Fai Knitwear factory in Phnom Penh have decided to suspend their long-running protest after the Labor Minister threatened to arrest the demonstration’s organizers during the ministry’s annual congress last week. Worker representative Ching Socheat, 35, told Khmer Times that they have not decided when they will resume their protest.
 

The group has been demonstrating for more than seven months after the owner of their factory fled the country and failed to pay them their final wages, bonuses and severance pay. They have repeatedly asked the government and international conglomerates who bought from the factory to help them, but have yet to receive any assistance.
 

“We decided to suspend our protest because we are worried for our safety after we heard the Minister of Labor was seeking to arrest [the people] who incited the workers to block the road,” Ms. Socheat said. Last Tuesday, the protesters blocked National Road 2 during a protest demanding assistance from the Labor Ministry and the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in their fight to receive the compensation they are owed.

 

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