Strikers block road, burn tyres
know about the development and could not comment.
Rights groups have been aiding the residents but had mixed feelings about the high-level intervention.
Noting that he supported the assistance, Licadho provincial co-ordinator Bun Narith said that he was discomfited by the circumvention of judicial process.
“In this case, the Court of Appeal should review this verdict. There are a lot of cases where people suffer injustice,” said Narith. “I think since Samdach Hun Sen sees too much injustice, he wanted to settle this issue urgently, because while it was still being processed at the Appeal Court, the land was cleared, thereby getting get rid of evidence. Also, the elections are nearing,” he added.
CCHR president Ou Virak said the premier’s work could be considered intervention but said it appeared necessary since the court ruled in error of the law.
“What is wrong is the wrong process of the Court of Appeal and the provincial court, which carried out this verdict in violation of the law. The Ministry of Justice has to investigate carefully and find out why it is like this.” MORE than 1,000 workers from the Maru Chuen garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district blocked the Veng Sreng road on the outskirts of Phnom Penh for half an hour yesterday, burning about 20 tyres and demanding a monthly minimum wage increase from $61 to $100 and other benefits.
According toWorkers Union Federation offic- er Tha Tory, workers stopped blocking the road when district officials, eager for an end to the roadblock, facilitated negotiations between workers and the factory. When those negotiations failed, however, workers said they would block the road again today, for a longer time.
“We will do it until we have success,” Tory said.
Maru Chuen factory officials declined to comment yesterday.