The Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Ly Yong Phat — a Cambodian businessman with close ties to Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen — and four of his associates for their alleged involvement in money laundering and online fraud, which led to a sweeping operation to seize assets allegedly linked to his transnational scam network on Sunday.
The operation stems from an investigation launched under the administration of former prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who declared the crackdown on call centre scams, online gambling, and digital fraud a national security priority. The move comes after the police dismantled another major Cambodian gambling syndicate run by Kok An, a notorious figure known as the “Godfather of Poipet”.
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