Hun Sen’s Sister Linked to Private Security Firm at SL Factory
The younger sister of Prime Minister Hun Sen is the owner of a private security firm that has been hired to protect the SL Garment Factory from its workers, who have been on strike for more than three months, officials at the firm said Wednesday. Hun Seng Ny, the prime minister’s sister, is the owner of Garuda Securities, according to her assistant at the company, Sareth Thol, who added that the number of security guards employed at SL factory has been ramped up in recent months since strikes began in September. “We just placed a small number [in the SL factory] at the start, but we increased the number because workers have been protesting for the past few months,” Mr. Thol said Wednesday, adding that there are now 75 Garuda security guards stationed at the factory on a daily basis, up from 10 when the security firm was first hired by the factory in December 2012. … Thuong Savorn, a worker at the factory, said that Hun Manith, Mr. Hun Sen’s middle son, made the claim during a visit to the factory on behalf of the ruling CPP ahead of the election. “Mr. Hun Manith told us not to worry from now on, because Her Excellency Hun Seng Ny is director-general of the SL company, so she can help to raise the salary for all of you,” Mr. Savorn said. Meas Sotha, a shareholder at the SL factory, confirmed that the factory had hired security guards from Garuda, but he declined to comment on Ms. Seng Ny’s involvement with the factory. …
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