NagaWorld union leader Chhim Sithar spent the days before her arrest getting the people around her ready. “The most concerning is my mom’s feelings. She might get sick, but sorry, mom, that will not stop me,” she said of not backing down. “They worry but they know what I’m doing is the right thing to do.”
“After having arrested our union leader, we still have one stance: that we are here to demand that the NagaWorld company release nine union leaders and return to the negotiation table. When they arrest our leaders, there will be no solution.”
Striking NagaWorld workers received money transfers, were photographed with an opposition politician, and were a “movement” causing “chaos,” police said Tuesday after arresting more than 20 people in the past week.
A press conference Tuesday morning at the Phnom Penh Municipal Police headquarters about NagaWorld workers’ arrests barred reporters from several news organizations, including VOD.
UPDATED 6:03 p.m. — Just before 4 p.m., Chhim Sithar was arrested by police officers on National Assembly Road, outside the Australian Embassy, as she entered barricades cordoning off the workers’ rally.
The government is in debt to the Ly Chhuong construction company due to a series of infrastructure projects given to the company without a bidding process, with payments deferred in a “build first, settle later” racket, the prime minister said.
Striking casino workers resumed their protests outside Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld casino this afternoon following the arrests of 10 people on New Year’s Eve, as police appeared to make several immediate arrests again on Monday.
At least six NagaWorld union members were presented for questioning before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Sunday afternoon, according to a local rights group, two days after authorities arrested 10 people in a crackdown on New Year’s Eve.
Authorities arrested a ninth NagaWorld union members late Friday, with authorities and armed security personnel attempting to make more arrests but were prevented by casino workers who formed a human shield to block officials.
Police have detained at least eight NagaWorld union members on the evening of December 31, nearly two weeks after the casino workers’ union initiated a strike against alleged unfair dismissals and violations of the Labor Law.
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