Honorific Prefix: | Oknha |
Ly Yong Phat | |
Native Name: | លី យ៉ុងផាត់ |
Native Name Lang: | km |
Birth Place: | Koh Kong province, Cambodia |
Citizenship: | Cambodia Thailand |
Office: | Senator of Cambodia |
Party: | Cambodian People's Party |
Spouse: | Kim Heang |
Children: | Ly Yaowalak Ly Arporn Phat Bunhour |
Primeminister: | Hun Sen |
Birth Name: | Phat Suphapha |
Oknha Ly Yong Phat (born 1958,[1] Central Khmer: លី យ៉ុងផាត់,) is a Sino-Cambodian senator and businessman. He owns LYP Group, a major conglomerate in Cambodia, with interests in tobacco, electricity, casinos and tourism.[2] He has a major business presence in Koh Kong province, where he was born.[3] Yong Phat's businesses have been linked to numerous controversies, including the use of child labour, cyber scam fraud factories, and forced land evictions.[4] [5] On 6 December 2022, he was appointed as prime minister Hun Sen's personal advisor.
Hong Phat is a Chinese Cambodian. He holds dual Thai-Cambodian citizenship.[6]
He is married to Kim Heang, and has several children, including Ly Yaowalak, Phat Bunhour and Ly Arporn.[7] [8] [9] Yaowalak is married to Phu Sae Ping, the child of Kok An.[10] [11] Arporn is married to a business tycoon Seng Nhak.