Workers face unpaid wages as pandemic, flooding stonewall construction activity

 Cambojanews, Nov 11, 2020

Mech Sareoun had not been paid in months and was relying on small loans from his employer to support his family. The COVID-19 pandemic had adversely affected the construction sector and its nearly 150,000 workers. But, the construction worker, who lives in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district, was heading for another economic shock last month.

Days of incessant rains in Phnom Penh in mid-October cause widespread flooding in the city, especially in Dangkor district. For four days, his family was stuck on the first floor of a stranger’s home and they were quickly running out of food.

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