‘Crocodile’ gran to file $100 million lawsuit

18 March 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary
Chhin Sokountheary / crocodile grandmother / Hun Sen / Kep Chuktema / Layimex Holding Group / Long Dimanche / Phnom Penh Governor / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Sen Sok district / Yeay Kraper

Prominent businesswoman Chhin Sokountheary yesterday announced her intention to sue Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema for falsifying documents saying she illegally occupied state land in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district in a bid to steal the land and develop a sports stadium on it. Sokountheary, 57 – also known as Yeay Kraper, or “Crocodile Grandmother” – chairwoman of the board of directors of Layimex Holding Group, said she would be submitting her criminal lawsuit against Chuktema and some Sen Sok district officials to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court today, and would be seeking the return of her 34 hectares and $100 million in damages. …

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