Tycoon gunned down in Phnom Penh
A prominent Phnom Penh businessman died after being shot six times by an unidentified gunman outside a fruit shop in Chamkar Mon district on Saturday, according to military police, who believe the murder was an assassination. Ung Meng Chue, 53, a construction tycoon who held the honorific of okhna, had just stepped out of his Lexus SUV in front of the Lour Tech Seng Fruit Shop on Sihanouk Boulevard at about 7 p.m. when he was attacked, police said. … Ung Meng Chue owned a number of businesses, including Seng Hong Heng Import Export & Transport Co. Ltd., also called Shimmex, which specializes in the sale of construction materials and whose subsidiaries trade in jewelry, real estate and home appliances. …
Saing Soenthrith, Hay Pisey and Alex Consiglio
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