Court urged to suspend garment union leader

3 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Judiciary and courts / Labor / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Unions
Ath Thorn / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / Kim Socheat / Ly Lipmeng / Oum Visal / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Roeung Chanthorn

Two former board members of the country’s largest independent garment sector union asked the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday to suspend president Ath Thorn and two fellow officials over allegations of embezzlement. Oum Visal and Roeung Chanthorn, founding board members of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union, accuse Mr. Thorn, his deputy and his secretary general of stealing $93,000 from members after successfully negotiating a settlement with a Phnom Penh factory in 2008, a claim all three deny. ...

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