{"id":777000593,"date":"2022-11-30T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777000593"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:29:28","slug":"us-expresses-concern-over-nagaworld-union-leader-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/us-expresses-concern-over-nagaworld-union-leader-arrest","title":{"rendered":"US expresses concern over NagaWorld union leader arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The State Department has called for the release of union leader Chhim Sithar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cambodia.- The US Department of State has issued a press statement saying it was deeply concerned by the recent arrest of Chhim Sithar<\/a>. The president of a labour union involved in a year-long dispute with NagaWorld was arrested after returning from a 12-day trade union conference in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department urged Cambodian authorities “to release Chhim Sithar and all detained trade unionists exercising their rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly, drop charges against them, and move to constructively resolve their disputes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also reiterated its call for Cambodia to release US citizen Theary Seng <\/strong>and said the Cambodian government should uphold labour rights obligations and mediate a resolution between NagaWorld and the union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Cambodian-American lawyer and human rights activist, Theary Seng, was among 60 opposition figures jailed in June after a mass trial that rights groups and the US have condemned as politically motivated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NagaWorld employees began their 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to authorities, as of November 26, 249 of the 373 employees have accepted seniority payments to put an end to their employment contracts with the company. However, 124 employees still refuse to accept the payments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The State Department has called for the release of union leader Chhim Sithar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The US Department of State has voiced profound concern regarding the arrest of union leader Chhim Sithar, central to an ongoing labor dispute with casino operator NagaWorld in Cambodia, advocating for his release and adherence to labor rights obligations. This development, coupled with the detention of US citizen Theary Seng, underscores escalating governance and human rights challenges within the jurisdiction, potentially impacting NagaWorld's operational stability and international investor confidence.","focusai_entities":"Chhim Sithar, NagaWorld, US Department of State, Theary Seng, NagaCorp","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Australia, US","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"NagaCorp's ESG Strategy?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) strategies is NagaCorp implementing to mitigate the escalating labor dispute and international pressure, and how might these impact its capital market standing?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Impact?","query":"How might the US State Department's intervention and calls for upholding labor rights influence Cambodia's regulatory compliance expectations for iGaming operators, particularly concerning social and governance factors within their licensing frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[21297],"class_list":["post-777000593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-nagaworld"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000593","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=777000593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000604,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000593\/revisions\/777000604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777000593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}