Ministry Questions Unions Over Role in Kandal Garment Protest
The Interior Ministry has summoned six union representatives for questioning following a complaint from Jack Liu, director-general of Tainan Enterprises (Cambodia) Co., Ltd., alleging that they incited violence at his Kandal province garment factory in late December. A letter dated Thursday, signed by the Interior Ministry’s penal department chief In Bora, called Khem Nath, Chhim Nimul and Nget Moniroath from the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU) for questioning today. It also orders three other union members, Kol Kurn, Ouk Khen and Sem Kosal, to appear for questioning Wednesday. … Yang Sophoan, president of the CATU, said Tainan filed the complaint against the six representatives after workers protested on December 26 at the factory in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district to demand a doubling of the minimum wage to $160. … Yang Sophoan, president of the CATU, said Tainan filed the complaint against the six representatives after workers protested on December 26 at the factory in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district to demand a doubling of the minimum wage to $160. …
