Labour leaders decry bail payment and nine arrests

Labour union leaders denounced the government yesterday, alleging unfair treatment in the wake of nine union worker arrests last week and a hefty bail payment by a union president yesterday. Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), yesterday paid $25,000 in bail to Phnom Penh Municipal Court. … Thorn and another C.CAWDU member were charged with incitement last month after a security guard at SL Garment filed a complaint alleging they provoked violence that injured him. Thorn has appealed the terms of his bail, which state he may not host any public gatherings. In a separate case, three union representatives arrested in front of Kandal province’s Quint Major Industrial garment factory now face incitement charges in provincial court following their arrest last Friday, Kandal provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun said. …

Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
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