Sugar plantation under investigation for using child labor

25 March 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural production / Child labor / Civil society / Economic land concessions and plantations / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Land / Social development / Sugar
Adhoc / labor law / Lan Feng / Y Heng Company

Police and human rights workers are investigating claims that a Chinese-owned sugarcane plantation in Preah Vihear province has been employing child workers since December. Oeu Bunthany said the Y Heng Company fired her on Saturday after she complained to local police that up to 20 children between the ages of 10 and 15 were working there since December. Y Heng managed the plantation for Chinese company Lan Feng. Ms. Bunthany filed the same complaint Monday with Adhoc, the human rights group. …

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