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| Workers from the Supertex Garment Factory shield themselves from the sun with placards bearing an image of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s wife, Bun Rany, during a protest yesterday in Phnom Penh. (Photo by: Sovan Philong) |
Khouth Sophakchakrya
The Phnom Penh Post
Police armed with guns, electric batons and shields cracked down on a protest of about 300 people at the Supertex garment factory in Phnom Penh yesterday, injuring at least two people.
A dispute has simmered between more than 1,300 workers and the company’s management over unpaid wages since the factory closed its doors last month and reportedly began selling off assets.
Tuy Pheap, 29, a former Supertex employee, said the crackdown by about 100 police and military police at the protest outside the Supertex factory, in Meanchey district, was “brutal and inhumane”.
“I don’t remember the face of the official who used violence against me, but I was punched in the neck by the hand of someone from the authorities, kicked in my belly and stepped on repeatedly when I fell against the ground,” she said.
Phak Phanna, 32, said she was kicked below the stomach and dragged to the ground by her hair during the protest.
“The authorities did not push the factory owner to pay our salaries for the end of our contracts, but they subdued us women brut-ally,” she said.
Chhun Sam Aun, a mediator with the Free Trade Union, said yesterday the owner of Supertex had agreed to grant former employees compensation at a hearing of the Arbitration Council on Monday.
The proposed package includes severance pay as well as compensation for loss of employment and for failure to provide adequate notice of dismissal to workers. Chhun Sam Aun said the Arbitration Council would hear the case again on July 21.
A police officer who spoke on the condit-ion of anonymity said yesterday that authorities had intervened because the protest caused traffic congestion, though he denied that any violence had been used.
“They slipped and fell by themselves – no authorities hit them. [Police] pushed them from the street to facilitate traffic [flow],” the oficer said.
Liv Man, a former Supertex administration chief, said he did not know what resolution would be reached in the dispute because he had also been sacked.
22 comments:
Doch jea min bach leuk photo me jumteav han norch neung roup ah sva Vietcong Hun Sen tae,kom yok jet vea klaing pak ,vea min rovul neung bang b'aun tae.
Ah CPP jea preay arb nov Srok Khmer
evil bun rany !
I live depend on their mercy or live as a slave then vote for CPP but if you want to live as a free men then you have to vote CPP out.
Pro Vietcong
If you live depend on their mercy or live as a slave then vote for CPP but if you want to live as a free men then you have to vote CPP out.
you stupid peoiple keep holding the pic of that fat pig . she is one of those people who make your lives miserable .
Stop begging the thief to give your money back.
When will some of our Khmer people learn something that is right?
The invaders came to take our land, some of us considered as the rescuers.
Here, the traitors gave our land all over the country to the expansionist Ah kantorb, our people hold their wife's picture and ask for help from them.
Bun Rany is a Vietnames bitch!
She not Khmer and her real name is
Kvien Tetei not fucken Bunrany!
She also a jealous bitch!
I would not fuck her.
WHY KHMER PEOPLE DON'T WAKE UP YET? IF CAMBODIAN WANT TO LIVE UNDER HUN SEN REGIME JUST GO ALONG WITH A DICTATORSHIP. IF KHMER WANT TO LIVE IN A FREE WORLD AND HAVE A BETTER FUTURE WHY NOT REMOVE HUN SEN OUT OF POWER. USE YOUR POWER AS PEOPLE POWER.
Look at these ignorance people? Their lands are being land grabbed by Hun Sen family and they are still carrying this evils woman picture. They should carry Cambodian national flag and the King Picture to win the evils.
លែងយល់ថាហេតុអ្វីបានជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរនៅតែកាន់
រូថតមីបិសាចឃាតករហ្នឹងទៀត? តេីមីបិសាច
ឃាតករនេះអាចជួយស្អីពួកគេបានដែរទៅ?
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl, President Ms. Rattana Keo,
All workers need to be protected by their employers. For whatever reasons, every employee need to talk to their employer first and if the dispute is not resolved they need to talk to the union worker who representing that company. If their employer doesn't listen to their union worker that all unions workers have to organise the demonstration to the gov't demanding for workers rights. The gov't then can sue that company or held them to responsible for their workers but if that company is bankrup then gov't have to arange the pay out by using in a form of welfare support until that person can obtain another job to sustain their living being...
By doing so is to avoid both employers/employees from getting hurt. Furthermore, all companies need to insure upon neglect, bankrup or injuries that may incurrs. e.g if someone lost an arm or a leg due to accidental that they can claim like a lamp sum depending on their injuries describes in the contract..etc that is why we need law makers like Madam Mu etc...
Aust
9:29 AM
You read a few text books doesn't make you an expert. Cambodia is not your country. Cambodia has no rule, regulation or law to protect employee or worker as your country bitch.
Remember this read a few text books doesn't make you become an expert. Bitch!
9:29 AM
In Cambodia, if you are Hun To or Hun Sen relatives CPP groups, you will not go to prison by just killing alot of innocent Cambodian.
The goverment doesn't care about workers or emplyees. These workers or employees are being harass in physical or sexual way and mentally way everyday without being protect from the CPP goverment. The CPP goverment protect only the owners of factories or companies. They can kill afew workers to make all workers silence by their blackmail or bully way everyday.
9:29 AM
It sads but it just the way it is in Cambodia. THe Culture of abusion and violence become Cambodia tradition already. A lot of people try to change but it still won't work.
10:18am
You need to go and see a mental illness specialist because I think you are really mentally ill. Normal or educated people don't swear for expressing pinions, hahaha. Psycho is...you shouldn't be online at all if you don't know how to response to people. Maybe you need to attend what we called the "communication skills"...
Hold the pig's picture with a big red X across her ghost face would make more sense.
stupid...protestor why hold that that bitch Bun Rany picture.sshe never help out the country. Hold Mu Sochea she the real khmer hero.
They called her Mi Kachrouk. Sound so right, and hilarious.
Mi Kachrouk!! Kou neoung Ah Kwak!!
Chup Oy Dey Khmer touv Ah Chor Kantorp !!
www.kppm.org should made itself known worldwide where there is sizable Khmer communities living in.
10:49 AM
You sound like a bitch...may be in your country has communication school but in Cambodia if you don't have money you can't enrol study at higher education so don't blame me . You must blame Hun Sen doesn't fund me to study at higher education like you do at your country.
How is Australia feel like any way? because I have no money to visite there at all.
If you rich please send some money to me at Cambodia. OK Bitch!
Some blogger just blamed on
protester workers.
Where are the rules of laws in
Cambodia?
Who is Hun Sen? He is 32 years
in power;he is a dictator.
Rong Chhun or someone else?
So,these protesters are none
leaders.
They are like frogs in the well,
they can not find the way out.
Even Khmer abroad have no leaders
to organize as groups to support
these protesters too.
There are no leaders in Cambodia
and not in abroad.Two people want
to sleep in the middle.
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