{"id":28695,"date":"2022-04-05T07:17:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T10:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=28695"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:54:37","slug":"nagaworld-workers-demand-government-end-violence-against-strikers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagaworld-workers-demand-government-end-violence-against-strikers","title":{"rendered":"NagaWorld workers demand government end violence against strikers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Unions claim NagaWorld has refused to consider the reinstatement of laid-off workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cambodia.- Striking NagaWorld Casino workers have called on the government to\u00a0end the violence against them<\/strong>\u00a0outside the Phnom Penh complex, where female protesters have repeatedly complained of sexual harassment and abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petitions were submitted to the interior and women’s ministries during a break in protests, which were suspended to allow for negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hun Vannak<\/strong>, a human rights activist, told Democracy Voice that home secretary Sar Kheng, who had called for calm and patience, must ensure that officials in his jurisdiction stop the violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NagaWorld employees went on strike on December 18 2021 in protest against NagaCorp\u2019s layoffs and pay cuts<\/a> that aimed to improve cost efficiency<\/strong> due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Government-mediated negotiations<\/a> with the casino operator failed to bear fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, 140 people were arrested<\/a> 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

Eight union leaders were imprisoned for 74 days and charged with inciting social unrest.\u00a0Ry 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

\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

NagaCorp posts GGR of US$109.9m for Q1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NagaCorp\u00a0company posted gross gaming revenue of US$109.9m for Q1, a decline of 13.7 per cent when compared to Q1 in 2021. However new gaming revenue was up at US$1.08m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NagaCorp reported earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of US$60.5m, up 83.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter<\/strong> and 57.4 per cent year-on-year. Mass-market table games saw average daily net gaming revenue of US$572,000 and mass-market electronic gaming machines US$280,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Premium mass-market daily net gaming revenue<\/strong> was US$212,000, up 16.5 per cent, while the VIP average daily net gaming revenue was US$13,000, up 62.5 per cent quarter-on-quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unions claim NagaWorld has refused to consider the reinstatement of laid-off workers.<\/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":"NagaWorld casino workers are striking in Cambodia over layoffs and pay cuts, demanding reinstatement and union recognition, while alleging violence and sexual harassment against protesters. Concurrently, NagaCorp reported Q1 GGR of US$109.9m, a 13.7% decline year-on-year, but saw significant quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year growth in EBITDA, driven by improved NGR across various gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"NagaWorld Casino, NagaCorp, Hun Vannak, Sar Kheng, Ry Sovandy, Democracy Voice, Interior Ministry, Women\u2019s Ministry","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Phnom Penh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Labor Relations & Governance","query":"What specific corporate governance mechanisms are NagaCorp activating to resolve the protracted labor dispute, and how will the resolution impact future B2C licensing and operational stability in Cambodia?"},{"label":"Financial Outlook & Risk","query":"Given the Q1 GGR decline and the ongoing operational disruption from the strike, what is the revised EBITDA guidance for NagaCorp, and how are these labor-related risks being factored into capital market valuations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[2336,21297],"class_list":["post-28695","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\/28695","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=28695"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28717,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28695\/revisions\/28717"}],"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=28695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}