A Facebook post showing Sithong Sokha breastfeeding her baby while on duty. Facebook
PHNOM PENH (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Ministry of Interior’s Gender Working Group expressed deep regret that Siem Pang district police chief in Stung Treng province had warned a lieutenant colonel about breastfeeding while on duty.
Sithong Sokha, the district deputy police chief in charge of public order, posted a picture of herself breastfeeding on March 2, saying: “Because I am a mother, regardless of the circumstances I must forget about shyness and do everything for my children. This is real life.”
Then on March 6, she posted another message on Facebook apologising for posting a picture of herself breastfeeding while on duty.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said while the government would not enforce the State of Emergency Law as yet, it needed a disease control law to contain the pandemic and urged the Senate to speedily pass it. - SPM
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Senate will hold an extraordinary session on March 11 to approve the draft law on the control of Covid-19 and other contagious diseases, with the bill expected to be promulgated the same day.
Senate spokesman Mam Bun Neang confirmed to The Post on March 9 that the draft law is now in the hands of the commission on health, social affairs, youth rehabilitation, labour, vocational training, and women’s affairs for a review.
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US ambassador Patrick Murphy and Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng at the ministry in Phnom Penh on Feb 23, 2021.- Labour Ministry
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The US embassy has expressed appreciation of efforts by the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in handling complicated labour issues which have arisen in the wake of recent economic disruptions.
In particular, the ministry has overseen worker protections and improvements in working conditions.
Labour minister Ith Sam Heng hosted US Ambassador Patrick Murphy on Feb 23 to discuss cooperating on the implementation of trade integration policies and international labour standards.
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