{"id":28382,"date":"2022-03-24T09:39:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=28382"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:13:53","slug":"more-nagaworld-workers-arrested-during-strike-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/more-nagaworld-workers-arrested-during-strike-action","title":{"rendered":"More NagaWorld workers arrested during strike action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh reportedly arrested another 140 NagaWorld employees who were striking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- As\u00a0<strong>the strikes against NagaCorp continue<\/strong>, another 140 people were arrested for breaching Covid-19 health protocols. They were reportedly taken to an isolation centre on the outskirts of Phnom Penh for quarantine before being released a few hours later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An SreyPe<\/strong>, who was present at the strikes, told RFA\u2019s Khmer Service: &#8220;The authorities rushed in with anger. They assaulted and cursed the women among us, but our demands continue to be the same. We will protest until we have a solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, authorities released\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/police-release-8-nagaworld-union-leaders\" target=\"_blank\">eight union leaders<\/a>\u00a0who were arrested in December for organising the NagaWorld strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>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<p>\u201cOur 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<p>NagaWorld employees went on strike on December 18 2021 in protest against\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagacorp-confirms-cut-jobs-due-to-economic-crisis\" target=\"_blank\">NagaCorp\u2019s layoffs and pay cuts<\/a>, which the country said were necessary to <strong>improve cost efficiency<\/strong>\u00a0due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The union and the casino operator will hold talks today. The Department of Labour will require a lawsuit be filed in court if the dispute cannot be resolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh reportedly arrested another 140 NagaWorld employees who were striking.<\/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 reportedly arrested an additional 140 NagaWorld employees amidst ongoing industrial action protesting NagaCorp's workforce reductions and remuneration adjustments. This development follows the release of previously detained union leaders, with scheduled negotiations between the union and the casino operator, and the Department of Labour indicating potential legal recourse if a resolution is not achieved.","focusai_entities":"NagaWorld, NagaCorp, An SreyPe, Ry Sovandy, RFA\u2019s Khmer Service, Department of Labour","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Phnom Penh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"NagaCorp's Labor Strategy","query":"What are the long-term implications of NagaCorp's current labor dispute and cost-efficiency measures on its operational continuity, brand equity, and market positioning in Cambodia?"},{"label":"Regulatory Intervention Scope","query":"How might the Department of Labour's potential legal intervention shape future labor relations and regulatory compliance expectations for gaming operators in Cambodia, particularly regarding union rights?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[2336,21297],"class_list":["post-28382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-nagacorp","tag-nagaworld"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28382","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=28382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28395,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28382\/revisions\/28395"}],"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=28382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}