Migrants’ dream turns into pesticide nightmare

7 September 2015
Khmer Times
Development and assistance for labor rights and labor unions / Human trafficking / Illegal labor / Informal labor / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Labor rights and labor unions NGOs / Safety and health at work / Worker rights
Adhoc / Chum Sonry / Lim Mony

Promises of well-paying jobs in Malaysia turned into a nightmare for four young men repatriated from the country last week with help from rights group Adhoc. The four – who range from 18 to 24 years old – had been sold to a plantation owner who paid them a fraction of the salary promised by their broker before they left Cambodia, they said. …

 Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15416/migrants----dream-turns-into-pesticide-nightmare/

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