Wednesday, 06 June 2012
By Meas Sokchea
Phnom Penh Post
Authorities are investigating the death of a Cambodian worker that
took place on Monday outside a factory in Thailand’s Songkhla province, a
Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said yesterday. [RFA reported 4 Cambodians were killed by Burmese workers].
Koy Kuong
told the Post that the Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok had informed him
that authorities from both countries were investigating the man’s death
and whether he had been murdered.
“We are working with the
company to find out the reality of the incident,” he said, adding that
there was uncertainty about whether others had been killed or injured.
“We will solve it according to the law to find justice for the victim.”
Koy Kuong did not reveal the name of the company or details about the victim.
But
Phan Chem, a representative of Cambodian workers at Siam International
Food Co, a cannery in Songkhla province, said a 19-year-old worker from
Prey Veng province had been killed and seven other Cambodian workers
injured during a clash with Burmese co-workers outside the factory on
Monday.
The Khmer workers at the factory had been in dispute with
Burmese employees for some time, but Phan Chem thought their
differences had been resolved.
“Materials in workers’ rooms had been destroyed [on Sunday and Monday],” he said.
Hundreds of workers had then clashed outside during a break, Phan Chem said.
“[The victim] had run and fallen in a hole and [other] workers caught up with him and stabbed him in the head,” he said.
A
Khmer woman had gone missing after the incident, he said, but it was
not clear to what extent she had been involved in the dispute.
Bun
Na, an employee at the Cambodian embassy in Bangkok, confirmed to the
Post that the embassy was investigating the incident, but would not
comment in detail.
The Siam International Food Co declined to comment about whether such an incident had happened outside its factory.
“I have no information to tell you about this,” a woman who answered the company’s phone said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Meas Sokchea at sokchea.meas@phnompenhpost.com
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