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Oknha Ly Yong Phat (born 1958, , ) is a Sino- Cambodian senator and businessman. He owns LYP Group, a major conglomerate in Cambodia, with interests in tobacco, electricity, casinos and tourism. He has a major business presence in
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, where he was born. Yong Phat's businesses have been linked to numerous controversies, including the use of
child labour Child labour is the exploitation of children through any form of work that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful. Such exploitation is prohibited by legislation w ...
, cyber scam
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, and forced land evictions. On 6 December 2022, he was appointed as prime minister
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's personal advisor. On 12 September 2024, the U.S. State Department announced sanctions against Ly and his businesses in connection with "serious human rights abuses related to the treatment of workers subjected to forced labour in online investment scam operations" under the
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.


Personal life

Hong Phat is a
Chinese Cambodian Chinese Cambodians (or Sino-Khmers) are Cambodian citizens of Chinese ancestry or Chinese of full or partial Khmer ancestry. The Khmer term ''Khmer Kat Chen'' () is used for people of mixed Chinese and Khmer descent; ''Chen Khmer'' () means Cam ...
of Hainanese descent. He holds dual Thai-Cambodian citizenship. He is married to Kim Heang, and has several children, including Ly Yaowalak, Phat Bunhour and Ly Arporn. Yaowalak is married to Phu Sae Ping, the child of Kok An. Arporn is married to a business tycoon Seng Nhak.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lau, Meng Khin Cambodian businesspeople 21st-century Cambodian politicians Cambodian People's Party politicians Living people Members of the National Assembly (Cambodia) Members of the Senate (Cambodia) 1958 births People from Koh Kong province Ly Yong Phat Oknha People sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act