{"id":28071,"date":"2022-03-15T07:19:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=28071"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:32:04","slug":"police-release-8-nagaworld-union-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/police-release-8-nagaworld-union-leaders","title":{"rendered":"Police release 8 NagaWorld union leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh have released eight union leaders who were arrested in December for organising the NagaWorld strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cambodia.- A union member has told Radio Free Asia that police in Phnom Penh have released eight union leaders representing striking workers<\/strong>. The eight union leaders were imprisoned for 74 days and charged with inciting social unrest after NagaWorld workers went on strike in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release comes after around 200 workers who had been arrested<\/a>\u00a0for breaching Covid-19 health protocols were released. Thousands of NagaWorld employees went on strike in December demanding higher wages and the reinstatement of employees and union leaders who had lost their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ry Sovandy<\/strong>, one of those arrested, said: \u201cOur stance is that the union has to be reinstated and the workers who want to work should be allowed to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our position is purely based on the willingness of the workers. We will not accept any condition that leads to a dissolution of the union or only allows one party, the NagaWorld company, to win in this dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government-mediated negotiations<\/a>\u00a0with the casino operator had so far failed to bear fruit. Cambodian authorities have said\u00a0the strike is illegal and even claimed it was backed by foreign donors<\/strong>\u00a0in an attempt to overthrow the government. Activists say such allegations were fabricated to end the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three other union leaders remain in prison for obstructing the implementation of\u00a0measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19<\/strong>. The newly released leaders have asked the court to drop all charges against them and release the remaining three so that negotiations with NagaWorld can continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday,\u00a0162 people were arrested<\/strong>\u00a0and police took them to an isolation centre on the outskirts of the city for quarantine.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh have released eight union leaders who were arrested in December for organising the NagaWorld strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Authorities in Phnom Penh have released eight NagaWorld union leaders, previously arrested for inciting social unrest during a strike for higher wages and reinstatement of dismissed workers. This development follows the release of 200 other arrested workers, though three union leaders remain imprisoned on Covid-19 related charges, hindering ongoing negotiations with the casino operator.","focusai_entities":"NagaWorld, Radio Free Asia, Ry Sovandy","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Phnom Penh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"NagaWorld GGR Impact?","query":"What is the estimated impact of the prolonged NagaWorld strike on its Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for the affected period, and how does this compare to pre-strike projections?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Implications?","query":"How might the Cambodian government's handling of the NagaWorld strike, including arrests and allegations of foreign backing, influence the perceived stability and attractiveness of its regulatory compliance and governance frameworks for future iGaming investment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,158,16333],"tags":[2336,21297],"class_list":["post-28071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-nagacorp","tag-nagaworld"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28071"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28078,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28071\/revisions\/28078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}