Kok An Explained

Honorific Prefix:Okhna
Kok An
Native Name:កុក អាន
Native Name Lang:km
Birth Name:Phu Kok An
Birth Place:Koh Kong province, Cambodia
Citizenship:Cambodia
Thailand
Office:Senator of Cambodia
Party:Cambodian People's Party
Children:Phu Sae Ping
Phu Cherlin
Primeminister:Hun Sen

Okhna Kok An (Central Khmer: កុកអាន), born Phu Kok An) in 1954, is a Sino-Cambodian senator and businessman, who owns Anco Brothers. Known for his close ties to Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen, An is one of the ten wealthiest men in Cambodia, with business interests in casinos, tobacco, alcohol, and fishing.[1] [2] [3] He has been linked to numerous controversies, including corruption, land evictions, cyber scams and human trafficking. In 2016, 70 Chinese nationals were arrested for running an online extortion scam at Crown Casino, which is owned by An.[4] In 2022, a Thai national was found dead in An's Poipet casino, which has been linked to cyber scam operations.[5]

Personal life

Hong Phat is a Chinese Cambodian. He has several children, including Phu Sae Ping and Phu Cherlin. Cherlin was married to Rithy Samnang, a businessman until his death in 2022.[6] [7] Sae Ping is married to Ly Yaowalak, the child of Ly Yong Phat.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-04-21 . Hun Sen favors cronies with parcels of drained lake land . 2023-03-10 . Radio Free Asia . en.
  2. Web site: 2011-07-13 . TOP 10 TYCOONS . 2023-03-10 . www.phnompenhpost.com . en.
  3. Web site: Mckeever . Alice . 2012-02-01 . Is Kok An Trying to Become Cambodia's Next Dictator? . 2023-03-10 . www.vice.com . en.
  4. Web site: 2016-03-01 . 70 Chinese Nationals Arrested for Alleged Cybercrimes - Khmer Times . 2023-03-10 . en-US.
  5. Web site: Dara . Mech . 2022-03-04 . Thai National Found Dead at Poipet Casino . 2023-03-10 . VOD . en-GB.
  6. Web site: 2022-12-16 . Island Shopping: Cambodian Officials Buy Up the Cardamoms’ Coast . 2023-03-10 . Pulitzer Center . en.
  7. Web site: Keeton-Olsen . Mech Dara, Cindy Liu, Danielle . 2022-02-18 . Victims Allege Sihanoukville Precincts With Ties to Major Businesses Are Sites of Scams, Torture, Detention . 2023-03-10 . VOD . en-GB.
  8. Web site: For Richer and For Richer: CPP Scions Show off Wealth, Power in Elaborate Wedding Videos . 2023-03-10 . VOA . en.
  9. LOUGHLIN . NEIL . 2021 . Beyond Personalism: Elite Politics and Political Families in Cambodia . Contemporary Southeast Asia . 43 . 2 . 241–264 . 0129-797X.

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