THE United States has announced sanctions on Cambodian businessman and ruling party senator Ly Yong Phat (pic) as well as several entities over alleged abuses related to workers who were trafficked and forced to work in online scam centres.
The move comes at a delicate phase in relations between the United States and Cambodia, which has moved ever closer to Washington’s strategic rival China despite US efforts to woo its new leader Hun Manet, son of longtime strongman Hun Sen.
