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 PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authorities began an investigation on Sunday into the mass fainting of about
800 workers at two factories that produce footwear for German sporting goods group Puma .
Workers suddenly fell sick on Saturday night and again on Sunday morning at Universal Apparel (Cambodia) Co and Huey
Chuen (Cambodia) Corp, which labour officials and workers identified as suppliers to Puma.
“I was just feeling exhausted and dizzy,” Keopich Panha, a hospitalised 19-year-old shoe stitcher at Huey Chuen.
Phnom Penh Police Chief Touch Naruth said his officers and the Labour Ministry were investigating the factories, where workers such as Keopich Panha typically earn about $61 a month.
“It could have been the workers were too tired. We will also look at work environment issues and whether there was enough air or oxygen,” he added. “We don’t know the conclusion yet.”
Worker Soeum Ny, 24, said the smell from materials used in the manufacturing of sport shoes may have made workers sick
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