Interior minister asks union leader to keep protesting workers under control

Published: 29-Feb-12

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) – Interior Minister Sar Kheng asked Free Trade Union President Chea Mony to tell workers to stop blocking roads and committing violence when they go on strike, sources said Wednesday.

In a letter to the union leader, the minister said that protests had to follow procedures including negotiations and discussions to ensure there was no violence, the sources said

Sar Kheng, who is also a deputy prime minister, also expressed thanks to Chea Mony for a letter last week in which he urged the minister to ask police to stop harassing protesting workers.