An estimated 1.2 million factory workers have been affected by the
government’s lockdown of Phnom Penh and adjacent Takmao town in Kandal
province, which will now be extended to May 5.
A total of 206 factories have now been temporarily closed due to the
ongoing Covid-19 community outbreak, with 1,673 workers known to have
contracted the virus and over 17,000 additional workers currently isolated
in quarantine, according to Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
spokesperson. The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) on
April 22 urged owners and directors of factories in lockdown areas to
consider providing allowance to workers, in addition to other support
provided by the government.
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Residents from seven villages in Takeo province protested against
authorities who they said were digging a new reservoir on 200ha of land they
have depended upon for years.
Hundreds of people in Phneat Village of Meanchey District’s Steung
Meanchey II commune came out to gather at a barricaded intersection to
demand for food supplies from the authorities.
The government must end impunity and find genuine justice for Chut Wutty,
who was shot dead while investigating illegal logging in 2012, civil society
said as Facebook profile images were changed to honor the popular
environmental activist on the ninth anniversary of his death.
