Victorian MP Hong Lim urges Australia to push Cambodia over garment worker crackdown
A Victorian MP born in Cambodia says Australia should put pressure on the country of his birth over a crackdown on protesting garment workers which left five people dead.
Hong Lim, the Member for Clayton, says he was in Cambodia earlier this month, when five protesting garment workers were shot dead in Phnom Penh.
Striking workers, armed with sticks, rocks and petrol bombs, clashed with police in the Veng Sreng factory district in Phnom Penh over wages and conditions. …
In the wake of the clashes, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the Cambodian government needed to rein in its security forces, joining international condemnation.
Mr Lim says Australia has a long history of involvement in Cambodia, and as a major aid donor, it should make sure its voice heard in Phnom Penh. …
Mr Lim says the protests in Cambodia show the emergence of a new political landscape that needs global support. …
ABC News Staff
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-10/an-victorian-mp-hong-lim-wants-more-australian-engagement-with-/5249570
