On 7 October 2019 Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued a fresh summons against Ath Thorn, president of the Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC), to answer a charge stemming from a 2013 protest at a factory in the Meanchey district. Mr Thorn was asked to appear in court on 30October to answer questions over the protest, which turned violent, in front of SL Garment Factory on 1 November 2013.
Mr Thorn faces charges of incitement to commit a crime, despite the fact that the owner of the SL factory had withdrawn the lawsuit in 2015.
