Tempers flare at bus protest
Resolution continued to elude 17 former bus drivers for the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation Company yesterday when a demonstration at the company’s headquarters was roughly dispersed by company security after the ex-staffers tried to block buses from leaving.
Sambath Vorn, president of the union whose founding resulted in the dismissal of the aggrieved drivers, said yesterday that three protesters and one staff member of the Cambodia Labour Confederation were slightly injured in the scuffle.
“We will file a complaint against the company security guards who used violence against us,” Vorn said. “[The guards] chased us to protest at Freedom Park, but we did not go because we were fired, so we have to protest at the company.” …
Mom Kunthear and Tat Oudom
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