A Cambodian tycoon and ruling party senator – who the U.S. recently sanctioned, citing links to human trafficking – had business relationships with alleged organized crime figures from China, company records show.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on September 12 against Ly Yong Phat for his “role in serious human rights abuse related to the treatment of trafficked workers subjected to forced labor in online scam centers.”
But Cambodian corporate documents show that his links to the underworld go even further than those mentioned by the Treasury Department.
