More than 200 workers protested outside…[Kwei Yang] garment factory in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district yesterday, demanding the factory’s recognition of a newly formed union and its reinstatement of seven union leaders who workers claim were unfairly terminated last week…The union president claimed that, in direct violation of labour laws, the union representatives were dismissed on January 9 because, three days before, they had filed paperwork to create a union…Kwei Yang factory administrative director Tok Kimsan said the workers’ dismissal complied with labour regulations because their three-month contracts had ended and the company had chosen not to renew them. “When the company dismisses any workers, the unionists always accuse the company side of discriminating against the union...but [in this case] the contracts ended,” he said.