Union to Defy Order, March to Commemorate Chea Vichea’s Slaying

18 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Government / Human rights / Labor / Law and judiciary / Social development / Unions
Chea Vichea / Free Trade Union / FTU / Hun Sen / Khuong Sreng / Phnom Penh City Hall / Wat Lanka

About 150 garment worker union representatives will defy a ban on public assemblies and mark the 10th anniversary of the assassination of union leader Chea Vichea by marching from their office in Chamkar Mon district to the site of his murder at Wat Lanka on Wednesday. The Free Trade Union (FTU) said that they received confirmation from City Hall on Friday that their request to march from the union’s headquarters in Boeng Keng Kang 3 commune to the statue of Chea Vichea, which is located just meters from where he was shot by an assassin outside Wat Lanka on January 22, 2004, had been rejected. … “Although the Phnom Penh municipality has banned the march, we will stick to our planned march because it’s not a political march or a protest,” Mr. Seng Hok said, adding that Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Khuong Sreng had warned the FTU that it would be to blame for any violent incidents.

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