A labor union representing garment factory workers on Tuesday demanded authorities find five masked men who attacked a local union officer in Phnom Penh, leaving him bloodied and in need of stitches.
The Appeal Court overturned the convictions of six union leaders sentenced in December over accusations of instigating violence during street protests in 2013 and 2014.
Four representatives from two rival unions were arrested by military police in Kandal province after a dust-up over recruiting members at a factory, according to one of the unions.
Thousands of workers are expected to gather across Phnom Penh for International Labor Day rallies on Wednesday, with independent workers union leaders vowing to defy a government ban on marching and restrictions on attendance numbers.
A Covid-19 law with penalties up to 20 years in jail for intentionally spreading the disease was passed by the National Assembly on Friday and heads to the Senate, as two hotel security guards accused of allowing people to leave quarantine finished their own two-week isolation and were detained by National Police.
Updated: 32 New Covid-19 Cases Linked to 4 Who Left… Feb 20, 11:30 am 
Updated: One Covid-19 Patient at Large, Another… Feb 23, 9:00 am 
Naga Workers Boycott Amid ‘Irregular’ Covid-19… Mar 1, 3:17 pm 
Phnom Penh Hospitals at Capacity for Covid-19… Feb 24, 6:19 pm 
Award-Winning Environmentalist, Four Others Arrested… Feb 5, 8:39 pm 
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