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Recently bailed union leader vows to continue strike activity
A combative union leader who was released on bail last week pending trial on charges of extortion and making threats during a strike last month vowed Wednesday to continue leading his militant brand of industrial action if workers called upon him. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/recently-bailed-union-leader-vows-to-continue-strike-activity-79565/
Court charges union leader with making threat, extortion
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday charged an independent union leader with making a threat accompanied by extortion after he was arrested with 51 bamboo poles while leading a strike of about 100 garment workers on Tuesday. According to Article 232 of the Criminal ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-charges-union-leader-with-making-threat-extortion-77471/
Municipal Court questions arrested union head
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday began questioning union leader Seang Rithy, who was arrested outside a garment factory in Pur Senchey district on Tuesday while leading what police said was an illegal strike. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/municipal-court-questions-arrested-union-head-77411/
Strike-leading union head arrested in Phnom Penh
The pugnacious leader of an independent workers union was arrested outside a garment factory on Phnom Penh’s industrial outskirts Tuesday morning for leading what police described as “illegal striking and an anarchic union.” ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/strike-leading-union-head-arrested-in-phnom-penh-77342/