{"id":1490,"date":"2023-05-23T11:52:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T04:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kamnotra.io\/en\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2023-09-27T09:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T02:54:36","slug":"tycoon-ly-yong-phats-youngest-son-receives-oknha-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kamnotra.io\/en\/2023\/05\/tycoon-ly-yong-phats-youngest-son-receives-oknha-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Tycoon Ly Yong Phat\u2019s Youngest Son Receives Oknha Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ly Phounrath, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oknha.news\/oknha\/82720\">the youngest son<\/a> of prominent businessman Ly Yong Phat, was given the title of oknha by the king, according to a royal decree dated July 26, 2022, and published by the Council of Ministers on March 22, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group knRight has-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e021f648 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange);border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5bbf97a4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-playfair-display-font-family\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Ly Phounrath<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-roboto-font-family has-small-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Ly Yong Phat&#8217;s Youngest Son <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-roboto-font-family has-small-font-size wp-block-list\">\n<li>Action: Given Oknha Title<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date: July 26, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Institution: Royal Palace, King<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ly Yong Phat, nicknamed \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/thailand\/special-reports\/334020\/ly-yong-phat-the-king-of-koh-kong\">King of Koh Kong<\/a>,\u201d has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phnompenhpost.com\/national\/koh-kong-king-bowed-out-%E2%80%98blood-sugar%E2%80%99-firm\">linked<\/a> to sugar plantations and the violent evictions of residents; <a href=\"https:\/\/cambodia.mom-gmr.org\/en\/owner\/individual-owners\/detail\/owner\/owner\/show\/ly-yong-phat\/\">controls PNN TV<\/a> through his LYP Group; and currently serves as a ruling-party senator and <a href=\"https:\/\/vodenglish.news\/controversial-tycoon-ly-yong-phat-elevated-to-hun-sens-adviser-others-promoted\/\">adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen<\/a>. He <a href=\"https:\/\/cambodia.mom-gmr.org\/en\/owner\/individual-owners\/detail\/owner\/owner\/show\/ly-yong-phat\/\">was born in Cambodia\u2019s southwestern Koh Kong province and is dual Cambodian-Thai citizen.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His other family members have been receiving public land on Phnom Penh\u2019s controversial Boeng Tamok lake as well as in Preah Sihanouk province. His wife, Kim Heang, received 30 hectares on Boeng Tamok in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/teangtnaut.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/STT_Boeung-Tamok-report_ENG_Final.pdf\">according to NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut<\/a>, while his daughter and son-in-law \u2014 Ly Arporn and Seng Nhak \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/vodenglish.news\/after-lake-gifted-to-powerful-couple-current-residents-face-upheaval\/\">received 600 hectares<\/a> of state land and flooded forests in Prey Nob district.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"pgc-sgb-cb wp-block-pgcsimplygalleryblock-viewer \" data-gallery-id=\"35579904\"><div class=\"sgb-preloader\" id=\"pr_35579904\">\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"simply-gallery-amp pgc_sgb_slider \" style=\"display: none;\"><div 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