Vendors Protest Over Worthless Mfone Cards
More than 100 mobile phone vendors protested yesterday outside the Phnom Penh headquarters of bankrupt mobile operator Mfone over their stocks of phone credit recharge cards that are now worthless, as the defunct company has transferred its subscribers to MobiTel, which does not recognize the credit coupons. ... "We spent cash buying Mfone credit, now we can't sell it because Mfone is bankrupt," said You Heng, 40, who owns a phone shop in Phnom Penh, and organized more than 100 vendors to protest at the Mfone office on Monivong Boulevard for several hours yesterday morning. ...
