Ly Yong Phat

{{Short description|Cambodian senator and businessman}}

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| birth_place = Koh Kong province, Cambodia

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Ly Arporn
Phat Bunhour

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Oknha Ly Yong Phat (born 1958,{{Cite web |title=Tycoon Ly Yong Phat Appointed as PM Personal Adviser |url=https://eacnews.asia/home/details/17769 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=EAC News |language=en}} {{langx|km|លី យ៉ុងផាត់}}, {{Zh|c=李永法|p=Lǐ Yǒngfǎ}}) is a Sino-Cambodian senator and businessman. He owns LYP Group, a major conglomerate in Cambodia, with interests in tobacco, electricity, casinos and tourism.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-07-13 |title=TOP 10 TYCOONS |url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/top-10-tycoons |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Phnom Penh Post |language=en}} He has a major business presence in Koh Kong province, where he was born.{{Cite news |last=Hunt |first=Luke |date=2013-02-03 |title=Ly Yong Phat, the King of Koh Kong |language=en |work=Bangkok Post |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/special-reports/334020/ly-yong-phat-the-king-of-koh-kong |access-date=2023-03-10}} Yong Phat's businesses have been linked to numerous controversies, including the use of child labour, cyber scam fraud factories, and forced land evictions.{{Cite news |last=Wee |first=Sui-Lee |date=2023-08-28 |title=A Global Cyber-Scam Industry Is Booming in Plain Sight in Cambodia |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/world/asia/cambodia-cyber-scam.html |access-date=2023-08-28 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Sokchea |first=Meas |title=Opposition lawmaker lambastes Ly Yong Phat |url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-lawmaker-lambastes-ly-yong-phat |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Phnom Penh Post |language=en}} On 6 December 2022, he was appointed as prime minister Hun Sen's personal advisor.

On 12 September 2024, the U.S. State Department announced sanctions against Ly and his businesses in connection with "serious human rights abuses related to the treatment of workers subjected to forced labour in online investment scam operations" under the Global Magnitsky Act.{{Cite news |date=12 September 2024 |title=US imposes sanctions on Cambodian businessman, entities over scam centers |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-imposes-sanctions-cambodian-businessman-entities-over-scam-centers-2024-09-12/ |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=Reuters}}{{Cite web |title=Imposing Sanctions on Human Traffickers and Online Investment Scam Operations in Cambodia |url=https://www.state.gov/imposing-sanctions-on-human-traffickers-and-online-investment-scam-operations-in-cambodia/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20is%20imposing,in%20online%20investment%20scam%20operations. |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}