Sok Kong

In 1975, Sok Kong who had joined the Khmer National Armed Forces was interviewed by The New York Times in the turmoil of the Cambodian Civil War, hitching a ride back to Phnom Penh from his post 20 miles to the northwest, telling the reporter: "[The Americans] give all the equipment we need.

[7] In 1999, Sok Kong acquired the ticketing rights to Angkor Wat, which it operates in "admirantly efficient" way in exchange for a flat fee of $1 million each year.

In 2000, opposition leader Sam Rainsy accused Sokimex of being set up with the support of the Vietnamese invading army and that it became the financial pillar for the ruling CPP, thus enjoying unfair advantages over its competition.

[9] Until October 2007, Sok Kong and Teng Bunma controlled the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce, which he headed from 2002 to 2005,[10] until they chose Kith Meng, with no dissenting votes, as their direct successor.

[12] In 2008, Sok Kong was confirmed as the new owner of the lion's share of Occheuteal Beach, the largest and most popular public dune in the region of Sihanoukville.

[15] He has criticized the impunity of certain oknha and has called for equal treatment before justice:[16] Okhna and normal people are the same ... if they do something wrong they will face the court.The main opposition political party at the time led by Kem Sokha and Sam Rainsy, co-leaders of the now dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, accused APSARA the body that overseas the Angkor Archaeological Park, of underreporting revenue in order to benefit Sok Kong.

In March 2012, an anonymous group filed a corruption complaint with the country’s Anti-Corruption Unit, accusing Sokimex of siphoning off most of the ticket revenue and calling the contract between the government and the company “irregular,” but Bun Narith, Apsara’s general director, dismissed the allegations as baseless.