Rights Groups to Take Case of Myanmar Migrant Work Accident Victim Chained to Hospital Bed to Labour Ministry Demanding Urgent Systems Review

> For Immediate Release 6th February 2011: Rights Groups to Take Case of Myanmar Migrant Work Accident Victim Chained to Hospital Bed to Labour Ministry Demanding Urgent Systems Review

Tomorrow (7th February 2011) at 930am the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC), Council of Work and Environment Related Patient’s Network of Thailand (WEPT) and the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) will petition the Minister of Labour at the Ministry of Labour in Din Daeng District of Bangkok demanding an urgent migrant worker management systems review as a result of the case of Mr. Charlie Tiyu. Charlie, a migrant worker from Myanmar, was illegally chained to his bed whilst receiving treatment for a work-related injury last week. He remains under custody in the Police General Hospital in Bangkok. The rights groups will also demand that Charlie is compensated directly from the Social Security Office’s (SSO) Workmen’s Compensation Fund (WCF).


Attached and below is a statement on this complaint submission entitled: “Rights Groups to Take Case of Myanmar Migrant Work Accident Victim Chained to Hospital Bed to Labour Ministry Demanding Urgent Systems Review.”

For more information on this statement, please contact:

* Mr. Chalee Loysong (President, TLSC): +66 89 030 9178 (Thai)
* Ms. Somboon Sikhamdokkae (President, WEPT): + 66 81 813 2898 (Thai)
* Mr. Sawit Keawan (General Secretary, SERC): +66 863 361110 (Thai)
* Mr. Andy Hall (Advisor, HRDF): +66 846 119209 (English)
* Mr. Hsein Htay (Fieldworker, HRDF): +66 830 139736 (Burmese)



Thankyou

**HRDF’s Migrant Justice Programme**

For Immediate Release 6th February 2011: Rights Groups to Take Case of Myanmar Migrant Work Accident Victim Chained to Hospital Bed to Labour Ministry Demanding Urgent Systems Review

Tomorrow (7th February 2011) at 930am the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC), Council of Work and Environment Related Patient’s Network of Thailand (WEPT) and the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) will petition the Minister of Labour at the Ministry of Labour in Din Daeng District of Bangkok demanding an urgent migrant worker management systems review as a result of the case of Mr. Charlie Tiyu. Charlie, a migrant worker from Myanmar, was illegally chained to his bed whilst receiving treatment for a work-related injury last week. He remains under custody in the Police General Hospital in Bangkok. The rights groups will also demand that Charlie is compensated directly from the Social Security Office’s (SSO) Workmen’s Compensation Fund (WCF).


Attached and below is a statement on this complaint submission entitled: “Rights Groups to Take Case of Myanmar Migrant Work Accident Victim Chained to Hospital Bed to Labour Ministry Demanding Urgent Systems Review.”

For more information on this statement, please contact:

* Mr. Chalee Loysong (President, TLSC): +66 89 030 9178 (Thai)
* Ms. Somboon Sikhamdokkae (President, WEPT): + 66 81 813 2898 (Thai)
* Mr. Sawit Keawan (General Secretary, SERC): +66 863 361110 (Thai)
* Mr. Andy Hall (Advisor, HRDF): +66 846 119209 (English)
* Mr. Hsein Htay (Fieldworker, HRDF): +66 830 139736 (Burmese)



Thankyou

**HRDF’s Migrant Justice Programme**