FILE - Cambodian business tycoons, Ly Yong Phat, front left, takes part in ceremonies held ahead of the World Red Cross Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, May 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

FILE - Cambodian business tycoon Ly Yong Phat stands at the Cambodia-China Business and Investment Forum at the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian tycoons, Ly Yong Phat, left, attends the welcome the return of cultural treasures of artifact statues ceremony in Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 22. 2024. (AKP via AP)

FILE- Cambodian business tycoon Ly Yong Phat, left, talks his staff member at the Cambodia-China Business and Investment Forum at the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)