Drugs: our man in Cambodia

26 March 2012
The Age
Banking and financial services / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Imports / Land / Logging and timber / Trade
Australian aid / Crown Casino / Exports / Melbourne / Operation Illipango / Royal Group / timber

The inquiry that targeted Hun To, dubbed Operation Illipango, investigated the shipment of heroin into Australia from Cambodia in loads of timber. Hun To, a nephew of Prime Minister Hun Sen, is a powerful and feared figure in Cambodia. He was once considered a close business associate of Cambodia’s richest man, tycoon Kith Meng, who owns the Royal Group investment and development empire. Operation Illipango investigated suspected drug funds taken to Crown casino in Melbourne, from where — under the suspected oversight of Hun To — they were then moved to Asia. …

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