Stay away from factory, court tells unionists

26 May 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Crime and law enforcement / Judiciary and courts / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Unions
Ath Thorn / CCAWDU / Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union / JSD Textile factory / Kao Sakorn / Takeo Provincial Court

Eight members of Cambodia’s largest independent union were released on bail yesterday after being tried at Takeo Provincial Court over their alleged involvement in a factory protest late last week, officials said. Defence lawyer Kim Socheat said the members of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), who were arrested on Friday evening as they left a strike at the JSD Textile factory, had been released but were “under the control of the court”. They each face four charges, which include incitement, though it is not clear when they will return to court for a further hearing. ...

 Mom Kunthear
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