A speeding milk train

(from left): Loi and Mohd Khairul.— SAMUEL ONG/The Star

WHEN a regional conflict disrupted Thailand’s dairy exports to Cambodia in late July, Malaysian dairy group Farm Fresh Bhd stepped up quickly to fill the gap.

Within weeks, the company captured nearly two-thirds of Cambodia’s chilled milk aisle – a “godsend,” says co-founder and group managing director Loi Tuan Ee.