{"id":21702,"date":"2022-03-14T19:07:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T12:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vodenglish.news\/?p=21702"},"modified":"2022-03-14T19:07:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T12:07:11","slug":"letters-show-jailed-nagaworld-workers-asking-for-bail-suspension-of-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vodenglish.news\/letters-show-jailed-nagaworld-workers-asking-for-bail-suspension-of-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters Show Jailed NagaWorld Workers Asking for Bail, Suspension of Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Eight jailed NagaWorld workers, including union leader Chhim Sithar, sent letters to the Labor Ministry asking its intervention to get them bail and called for their colleagues to suspend the strike to enable negotiations, according to the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A rights group providing legal representation to some of the workers said it didn\u2019t know what the situation was with the letters, and some workers said they could not believe they were genuine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The letters were first posted to local pro-government outlet Fresh News and were received by the Ministry of Labor on Sunday. In the letters, the workers ask for active employees to return to work at the casino complex and for the company to not punish these workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor laid-off workers, please rest at home or remain silent for all of us to negotiate with NagaWorld and the Ministry of Labor,\u201d the third demand in the letter reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The letters are signed by Chhim Sithar, union secretary Chhim Sokhorn, Hai Sopheap, Kleang Sobin, Re Sovandy, Sun Sreypich, Touch Sereymeas and former unionist Sok Narith. They were denied bail by the Appeal Court on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labor Ministry spokesperson Heng Sour said the ministry had forwarded the letters to the Justice Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn the morning of the 13th, the ministry reviewed and coordinated the letters to the Ministry of Justice to intervene for bail for the eight former employees,\u201d Sour said in a message.
Justice Ministry spokesperson Chin Malin could not be reached for comment Monday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khun Tharo, from labor rights groups Central, said the letters were genuine but would not elaborate on how he knew that. He only speculated that it could be part of a face-saving attempt by the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnything can happen. I suspect that they will let them out on court supervision like the other human rights defenders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n