Workers Accuse Boss of Vehicular Assault
By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original re****t from Phnom Penh
07 February 2008
Ten workers were injured when a factory owner's car slammed into a
group of protestors at the order of a local commune chief, labor
representatives said Thursday.
The workers of King Land factory in Phnom Penh have called on the
government to intervene in the case, which re****tedly injured 10
workers.
The unnamed driver moved the car into a crowd of workers demonstrating
over annual bonuses and layoffs, representatives said.
Chak Angre Commune Chief Chea Sokhay ordered the driver to hit the
workers, said In Kong Chet, an investigator for the Cambodian Center
for Human Rights.
"We expect the commune chief's presence to facilitate and seek an
appropriate solution to avoid violence," In Kong Chet said. "Not let
the car hit the workers."
Chea Sokhay denied ordering the car to hit the workers.
"Conflict resolution depends on the court and a referee, and I just
tried to facilitate," he said.
Keo Pisey, a laborer at the factory, said workers were not treated as
humans.
"That is why they hit us like we are dogs," she said.
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