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Moeun Tola, director of labour rights group Central, said that if a universal minimum wage is adopted, it should reflect the increased cost of living, not an employer’s perception of productivity or profits.

“I told the court that the committee for the funeral was not involved with the money. It was the family who controlled and managed the funds,” Tola said to reporters outside of court.

Regardless, Tola said improved inspector training and stricter regulations were needed to curb a rise in steam boiler explosions, with at least four accidents this year.

“I just hope that the comments from the Prime Minister may reactivate the law enforcement,” he said, arguing that if the Labour Law were applied correctly, short-term contracts would automatically be converted to unlimited duration contracts after two years.

A 28-year-old garment worker died yesterday after fainting on her way into the Star Fuyu Garment Company Limited in Meanchey district’s Stung Meanchey commune.

The opposition leader is in jail charged with treason, senior party officials have fled abroad and fear is spreading through Cambodia’s civil society as a government crackdown intensifies ahead of national elections next year.

Mr Tola, executive director of the Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights, denied the allegation. “I deny what the minister accused me of,” he said. “We work hard with Cambodian workers in Thailand and we want to see all workers abroad return to vote, but we do not order them who to vote for. “They have the right to decide their vote for themselves.”

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