In May 2025, a group of inspectors from the Ministry of Environment found that “a factory belonging to Tong Kang (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. is polluting the air around it.” The Ministry indicated that “a furnace at the factory – which produces components or shoes – has adversely affected the air quality of around 40 families living nearby, in Kampong Speu province’s Kong Pisey district.”

Following air pollution tests carried out by the officials at two different sites of the factory, the Ministry determined that the level of air pollution surpassed the standard limits. Thus, the Ministry has imposed penalties on the company for “violating environmental regulations and causing air and odour pollution” under the Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the company to respond but it did not.