None of the employees have yet begun wearing the dresses, she added. We must comply with Cambodian laws.”Ī 33-year-old female casino employee said on condition of anonymity Sunday that on Sept 10, female employees had been instructed to wear the dresses, which she said were Vietnamese in style, though she admitted that she hadn’t actually seen the dresses. “I never ordered them to wear Vietnamese dresses,” said the manager who declined to give his name. The manager did say that he had suggested that staff wear what he called “Cambodian traditional dress” to improve their appearance but he added that employees had declined to even do that.

The HRP claimed in a news statement that the Las Vegas Sun Hotel and Casino in Chantrea district’s Bavet commune, had abused Khmer traditions and freedoms of its employees by instituting the new Vietnamese-style dress code.Ĭontacted by telephone on Sunday, a manager at the casino denied the HRP report.

The recently formed Human Rights Party issued a statement Sunday threatening to organize protests if female staff at a casino on the Vietnamese border in Svay Rieng province are ordered to wear Vietnamese-style dresses.

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