Eight More Charged Over Violent Factory Protest

A court official at the Kompong Speu Provincial Court said Monday that a total of 16 union representatives have been charged with damaging property and inciting violence during a protest outside a garment factory earlier this month, twice the number of arrests previously confirmed. Provincial Judge Chhim Ritthy said Monday the additional eight union representatives from Taiwanese-owned Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment MFG Corp., which produces clothing for U.S. sports brand Nike, are still at large and were charged after the factory filed a law suit against them. … “The eight are now in hiding,” he [FTU lawyer Kuch Ratha] said, adding that the Sabrina garment factory had sued the FTU for $150,000 in damages done to the factory. FTU president Chea Mony continued to deny yesterday that his representatives had any role in instigating the violence during the protest. … “It is Sabrina’s management who told police to start the violence and they took microphones from the protesters. It was Sabrina’s management who is behind everything,” Mr. Mony said. …

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