Labour leaders decry bail payment and nine arrests

13 May 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Garments and textiles / Government / Human rights / Industries / Judiciary and courts / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Provincial and local governments / Social development / Unions
Ath Thorn / C.CAWDU / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / Free Union Federation of Khmer Labor / Ministry of Interior / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Quint Major Industrial factory / SL Garment Factory

Labour union leaders denounced the government yesterday, alleging unfair treatment in the wake of nine union worker arrests last week and a hefty bail payment by a union president yesterday. Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), yesterday paid $25,000 in bail to Phnom Penh Municipal Court. … Thorn and another C.CAWDU member were charged with incitement last month after a security guard at SL Garment filed a complaint alleging they provoked violence that injured him. Thorn has appealed the terms of his bail, which state he may not host any public gatherings. In a separate case, three union representatives arrested in front of Kandal province’s Quint Major Industrial garment factory now face incitement charges in provincial court following their arrest last Friday, Kandal provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun said. …

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