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Article

16 May 2013

Author:
Sopheng Cheang, Associated Press

Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7

The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers…killing two people and injuring seven...About 50 workers were inside the factory south of Phnom Penh…An initial investigation showed the ceiling that collapsed was poorly built and lacked the proper building materials to support heavy weight…[The] chief of a trade union for factory workers, identified the factory as a Taiwanese-owned operation called Wing Star that produces sneakers for Asics, a Japanese sportswear label…An Asics spokeswoman in Tokyo confirmed the factory was in contract to make Asics running shoes. She said Asics was trying to determine what happened.