Governor Arrested as Shooting Suspect

2 March 2012
Radio Free Asia
Economy and commerce / Exports / Investment / Labor / Special economic zones / Trade
Bavet / German / Kaoway / Manhattan Special Economic Zone / ommunity Legal Education Center / Puma / SEZ / Special Economic Zone / Svay Rieng

The governor of a city in southeastern Cambodia was arrested Friday in connection with a shooting that left three workers hospitalized as they took part in protests for better labor conditions at a sportswear factory that supplies goods to German sportswear giant PUMA. Moeun Tola, head of the labor program at Cambodian NGO Community Legal Education Center, confirmed the arrest of Chhouk Bandit, governor of Svay Rieng province’s Bavet city where the shooting took place last month. … The shooting incident took place on Feb. 20 outside the premises of the Kaoway Sports Ltd. factory, located in the Manhattan Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Bavet city, leaving three female workers injured, one critically. …

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