Prominent unionist Rong Chhun, whose July arrest over comments he made about the Vietnam border sparked a series of protests, appealed for bail in the Supreme Court, but was shut down by judges for asking the court to “not be politically influenced.”
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Workers face unpaid wages as pandemic, flooding stonewall construction activity.
Mech Sareoun had not been paid in months and was relying on small loans from his employer to support his family. The COVID-19 pandemic had adversely affected the construction sector and its nearly 150,000 workers.
About 500 Cambodian migrant workers at a food production factory in Thailand’s Chon Buri province protested, saying that they cannot continue under the economic pressure levied by the company for the past three months.
A group of theme park workers have been protesting unpaid wages and benefits since August 14, after authorities asked them to end an earlier protest in April. All the 318 employees at the theme park received unpaid wages and allowances last week, but said they were still to receive their indemnity payments for 2020.
Ream villagers have been nervous for the last month; after the land they are living on was part of a 600-hectare concession given to the family of influential tycoon Ly Yong Phat. Looking at past experiences, these villagers knew there was a high possibility they would be evicted from their homes in Preah Sihanouk province, and potentially forcefully.
