Friday, 13 July 2012
By Sen David
Phnom Penh Post 
Long
Panha (left), an employee of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, is
taken into custody by police during a demonstration by factory workers
on Wednesday in Phnom Penh. Photograph: supplied
Police
released union employee Long Panha last night after taking him into
custody during a clash between police officers and workers’ rights
representatives near Wat Botum in Phnom Penh in which he was beaten and
left bleeding from the head, NGO officials said.
According to
Panha, 23, who was treated for injuries to his face and forehead after
his release, police forced him to thumbprint a confession in which he
apologised for instigating the conflict between police and protesters,
an admission he rescinded at a press conference yesterday morning.
“I
did not clash with the police first,” he said. “My hand was empty but
the police had shields and sticks. It is a violation of human rights.”
Panha,
who works for the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions, said the attack
took place as roughly 20 workers and union representatives rested after
submitting a petition to Hun Sen’s cabinet on behalf of striking workers
at Levi’s and Gap supplier Tai Yang Enterprises.
“I am sorry
for clashing with police yesterday morning. I promise to stop clashing
with police anyway. I ask the police to end this case at the Phnom Penh
Police Office,” read a copy of his confession.
Panha denied the content of the confession, and declined to file a complaint, preferring to drop the matter entirely.
According
to documents obtained by the Post, Hou Sithy, director of Hun Sen’s
cabinet, accepted the petition which asked Minister of Labour Vong Sot
to examine the worker’s demands.
Meanwhile, the weeks-long
strike that prompted Panha and other labour rights activists to hold
their demonstration continued at Tai Yang’s Kandal province factory
yesterday and will persist, said CATU President Yang Sophorn.
“If they get a solution from their employer, they will return to work,” she said. “They do not yet calm down.”
To contact the reporter on this story: Sen David at david.sen@phnompenhpost.com
5 comments:
he was deserved by forced,
coz, he was engaged with authority
both got injure..
put him in jail for a while
Fake paints on his face to fool the public...or cause khmer to hate khmer each other more.....
The yuon infiltrate to use the union struggle to discredit or demonized our Khmer/systems to the worlds eyes and ears. At the same Time they divert the attention from the world of Khmer krom human right.
Khmen need Thailand's help...
chompakul,
Actually Thailand , should need Khmer for help
As yellow vs red flighting., try to remove kingdom
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