{"id":2368,"date":"2024-09-17T09:43:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T09:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:16:08","slug":"cambodian-union-leader-imprisoned-for-casino-strike-vows-to-fight-on-after-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/2024\/09\/17\/cambodian-union-leader-imprisoned-for-casino-strike-vows-to-fight-on-after-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian Union Leader Imprisoned for Casino Strike Vows to Fight on After Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Union leader defiant<\/h2>\n

A union leader who was imprisoned for striking against the biggest casino in Cambodia has said she will continue fighting after her release.<\/p>\n

Chhim Sithar was sentenced to two years\u2019 imprisonment in May 2023 for incitement to commit a felony, relating to her part in the casino workers\u2019 strike against Nagaworld in Phnom Penh.<\/p>\n

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more than 1,300 employees, mostly union members, were laid off<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sithar had been one of the leading figures of a strike which started in December 2021 after more than 1,300 employees, mostly union members, were laid off amid financial troubles during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

She attended a demonstration before she was arrested and charged in January 2022. Several other union members were also charged, although all received suspended sentences.<\/p>\n

Cambodia\u2019s longest strike<\/h2>\n

Despite her imprisonment, Sithar remains undeterred and has vowed to continue the industrial action. Speaking to The Associated Press<\/em>, she said: \u201cWe will continue holding strike action until we get a solution. That\u2019s the position we have determined since the first strike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As long as there\u2019s no justice, our struggle continues.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>\u201cUnfortunately, as of today, after nearly three years, our workers have still not gotten justice. Therefore, as long as there\u2019s no justice, our struggle continues.\u201d <\/p>\n

Nagaworld, which is owned by the estate of the late Malaysian billionaire Chen Lip Keong, is the largest casino in Cambodia and has been operating since receiving its license in 1994.<\/p>\n

The strike, taking place in the capital of Phnom Penh, was far more high-profile and long-running than other industrial action in Cambodia\u2019s history, which drew a harsh response from authorities. Seeking to avoid a demonstration at the prison, Sithar was released at dawn on Monday and escorted back to her home in Phnom Penh.<\/p>\n

Union members attacked<\/h2>\n

Union members were subjected to police violence as well as other intimidation tactics, which Cambodian human rights campaign group LICADHO called \u201crelentless efforts by authorities to suppress the strike \u2014 including sexual harassment, physical assaults, and judicial harassment.\u201d <\/p>\n

At the time of the strike, Amnesty International also condemned the response, saying union members were \u201cprosecuted solely for exercising their basic rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protests continued after Sithar was detained. In December 2022, more than 200 protestors accepted an offer of compensation, but the remainder fought on, despite the risks.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one wants to be in prison and I can say that we were afraid,\u201d said Sithar. \u201cBut I want to make a comparison \u2026 Which one is the scarier? For me, the scare of losing the rights to a union, the scare of losing the right to unionize, is more scary than putting me in jail.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Union leader defiant A union leader who was imprisoned for striking against the biggest casino in Cambodia has said she will continue fighting after her release. Chhim Sithar was sentenced to two years\u2019 imprisonment in May 2023 for incitement to commit a felony, relating to her part in the casino workers\u2019 strike against Nagaworld in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions\/2369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}