October 24, 2022
The front gate of Eastcrown Footwear Industries with a Puma sign above it. (Independent Trade Union Confederation)

Two More Unionists Terminated Despite Puma ‘Settlement’

Workers fired from a Puma supplier after trying to start a union say two more colleagues have had contracts terminated since the weekend, and don’t know about a visit or settlement as claimed by the German athletics brand.

Scam Workers Relocated From Cambodia to Laos, Myanmar

Amid targeted raids and arrests against scam and human trafficking operations in Cambodia, accounts from victims and a rescue group indicate that at least some syndicates are going to great lengths to relocate workers to a new country to evade capture.

Worker compounds are lit up at night in Svay Rieng’s Bavet city on October 7, 2022. (Mech Dara/VOD)

Briefs: Regional Media Report More Scam Rescues

Some 171 Vietnamese workers were rescued in Oddar Meanchey and returned to the country. A Hong Kong resident was safely returned from Cambodia after requesting help from the city’s immigration department.