Union Members Beaten During Factory Protest
Three union members were beaten by a gang of men during a protest outside a factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district on Friday, the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU) said. CCAWDU members Nei Buthoeurn, Chim Khheang and Chan Poeu, were beaten by a gang of 15 men while protesting against the firing of three union representatives last month from the Hai Yon shoe factory in Dangkao district’s Choam Chao commune, CCAWDU Director Ath Thorn said. …