Dozens of casino workers flee Cambodia by swimming to Vietnam


About 40 staff with the casino in Kandal province - which neighbours Vietnam - fought off security guards to escape. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network

PHNOM PENH (AFP): Dozens of Vietnamese casino workers allegedly forced to toil without pay in Cambodia have fled back to their homeland by swimming across a river, authorities in Phnom Penh said Friday.

About 40 staff with the Golden Phoenix Entertainment Casino in Kandal province - which neighbours Vietnam - fought off security guards to escape, leaving one missing after being swept away by the current, Vietnamese state media reported.

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