Phnom Penh Thursday, 30 September 2010
“This is not an accident. It is an attempted assassination of a Free Trade Union representative.”
A factory representative for the Free Trade Union was severely beaten and hospitalized on Thursday, union officials and police said.
Phao Sak, 26, was in serious condition in Calmette hospital in Phnom Penh following the assault.
Union representatives said Phao Sok had tried to bargain for worker bonuses at the Generation clothing factory in Samrong Thong district, Kampong Speu province, ahead of the Pchum Ben national holiday.
Phao Sak was driving on his motorcycle from school to the factory when two unidentified men attacked him near the factory, according to the union, which cited witnesses in a statement Thursday.
The two men hit him repeatedly over the head with boards, the statement said.
“This is not an accident,” Chea Mony, president of the union, said Thursday. “It is an attempted assassination of a Free Trade Union representative.”
Free Trade Union representatives are repeatedly beaten for confronting factories over conditions and incomes, he said.
No suspects have been arrested.
Samrong Thong District Police Chief Khuth Sophal denied the case was an attempted murder. “I think maybe it's because of a drunken altercation. However, police will investigate.”
The Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia was not among those who participated in a general strike last week, but it is among the most powerful unions in Cambodia's garment sector.
In 2004, the union's president, Chea Vichea, was shot and killed by unknown assailants. At least three other union leaders have been killed since then.
Tensions between factories and workers have run high for weeks, with employees demanding better incomes in the face of rising living costs and factories facing competition in a shrunken global marketplace.
8 comments:
A District police chief said it's a drunken altication ? What a cheap comment . It happened on the road . not at the party . The way he said, I doutb if they are going to find perpetrators . I believe someone paid those guys to do something to hurt or to kill the factory representative . In Cambodia, if you do anything against CPP or a friend of CPP you will be caught no matter where and when it happened but if CPP members commited crimes against others, they won't be caught . Hun Sen need to go because he has no ability to lead the country and its people to peace,harmony , freedom and democracy .
Khmer Ga
NOW WE KHMER PEOPLE NEED TO OPEN EYE BIGGER.... HUN XEN IS INCOMPETENT LEADER. HE IS NOT A LEADER, HE IS A KILLER.
BONG BA-OAN.... TELL FRIEND AND FAMILY OF YOURS TO WRITE A LETTER ASKING FOR HELP WE WANT TO GET RID OUR CURRENT LEADER, HE SHOULD BEEN GONE SINCE 1998 ELECTION. WE DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS GUY SO-CALLED HUN XEN..WE DONT' KNOW WHY HE STILL BARKING IN CAMBODIA?
WE WANT TO KNOW. ANYONE CAN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION?
US? CHINA? SAM RAINSY? NORODOM RANNARIDH? KING FATHER NORODOM SIHANOUK? POL POT? KING SIHAMONI? QUEEEN MONINEATH? KING JAYVARMAN VII? OR KING CHEY CHETHA II? KHIEVE SAMPHAN? NOUN CHEA? WHO ELSE - SOK ARN? HOR-NAM-HONG?
ANYONE HAS ANSWER WHY HUN SEN STILL BARKING IN CAMBODIA? WE DID NOT VOTE FOR CPP EVER....
NEVER VOTE FOR CPP EVER...
PLEASE ANSWER -----!!
FIVE MILLION VIET ILLEGAI IMMIGRANTS HAD VOTED FOR HUN SEN.
Why all of you did not realise that.
cambodia still hasn't learnt. if you are a representative, an activist, etc, you must have body guard or do not travel by yourself on your moto, and must be vigilent of your surround like safety, etc; otherwise, you are putting yourself a risk of an assault like this by some hired hitman, etc... so, do learn to be vigilent and protect yourself by not traveling alone without proper personal protection, etc, or don't travel at all and have everyone keep an eye on you at all time. hello, wake up, people! how many more lives it takes to wake up?
this is true anywhere in the world, too! they all used body guards all the time, even celebrity, etc all over the world. please use common sense!
They dont even make enough money to support their families, how can they afford bodygards ? Can you afford to pay for a bodygard if you make less than $100 a month ? Plus , they are not high ranking individuals .
11:13 & 11:14,
Perhaps, both of you lack common sense. Like 11:23 said, how can you afford to pay for protection with that kind of salary? Here is a lesson for the two of you. If the rich and powerful want to harm you? They will harm you no matter how many bodyguard you surround yourself with. Don't be naive!
Hun Sen was a member of the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime.
Hun Sen is a leader of the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime.
Hun Sen was behind the terrorism on March 30, 1997 grenade attack in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
A U.S. citizen Ron Abney was injure during the grenade attack.
Source:
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Senate Foreign Committee Investigation
Hun Sen attempted to assassinate Sam Rainsy (leader of opposition party) and Chea Vichea (leader of the Free Trade Union) during grenade attack on March 30, 1997 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Hun Sen is responsible for murdered Chea Vichea (leader of the Free Trade Union).
The Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime is responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples.
The Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime is also responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples and counting.
The Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime is responsible for extrajudicial execution over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party.
The Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime is responsible for murders over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
The Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime is responsible for murders 3 leaders of Free Trade Union.
The Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime is responsible for murders 10 journalists
The Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime is responsible for murders at least 16 innocent Khmer peoples during a grenade attack on March 30, 1997 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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