ILO slams kingdom on union record
Adding to a growing list of foreign groups to censure the Cambodian government in the lead-up to the ASEAN Summit, the International Labour Organization yesterday ranked Cambodia among the biggest violators of the right to freedom of association. The Cambodia section of the report, which collated 32 complaints from 21 countries earlier this month, was filed by the International Trade Union Confederation — an umbrella federation with no local affiliates. Focusing on the murders of three trade unionists — Chea Vichea, Ros Sovannarith and Hy Vuthy —which occurred in January, 2004, May, 2004 and February, 2007, respectively, the report highlights the lack of appropriate judicial investigation in the interim. …
