By Aun Pheap - June 10, 2013
About 250 laborers working at a newly opened $90-million sugar
factory complex in Kratie province—hailed by the government as a boon to
Cambodia’s economy—staged a protest Saturday morning demanding to be
reimbursed for two weeks worth of unpaid wages.
The protesters blocked a road leading to the factory in Sambor
district’s O’Krieng commune from 7 a.m. until midday, when the factory’s
owners—who claimed that a manager had stolen the money that he was
supposed to pay staff with—promised to recompense the workers.
District governor Heng Sopha acted as a mediator during the protest
and confirmed that the factory owners blamed a manager named Mr. Dang
for stealing the money before fleeing, but said that they had solved the
issue and workers had been paid and returned to work.
“The manager got the money from the company to pay staff, but then he
escaped with the cash, although I understand that the company is still
responsible for paying the workers,” he said, adding that police were
searching for the culprit.
Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chay Ly oversaw the inauguration of the
7,000-hectare complex on May 26, and lauded it as one of the largest
foreign-investment projects in Cambodia, with investment of $90.7
million.
The facility, owned by the Indochina Food Pte Ltd., a Vietnamese-Indian.......... read more
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