Teng Bunma

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Teng Bunma (* 1941 in Suphan Buri , Thailand ; † June 17, 2016 in Phnom Penh ) was considered one of the richest entrepreneurs in Cambodia .

Life

After the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, Teng Bunma was one of the first major Thai investors in Cambodia. He became the first President of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce in Phnom Penh - his successor is Sok Kong from SOKIMEX . Teng Bunma is the owner of the luxury hotel Intercontinental in Phnom Penh and of Rasmei Kampuchea , the country's largest newspaper. His son ran the Casino Caesar International in Pailin together with the former Khmer Rouge official Ieng Sary .

In 1996, in the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) , the US journalist Nate Thayer named Cambodia as a transit country for drug smuggling ( Medellín on the Mekong ) and Teng Bunma as the beneficiary of the drug trade , whereupon Bunma filed a lawsuit against Nate Thayer and the FEER.

In 1997, Teng made death threats against King Norodom Sihanouk . Thailand issued an arrest warrant against him in June 1998 for fraud. Police investigations were carried out in Hong Kong , where Bunma had produced a forged passport to register his company, Thai Boon Roong . Bunma has been denied entry to the United States, where he is on the list of suspected drug dealers.

He died in June 2016 at the age of 75.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nate Thayer: Medellin on the Mekong. In: Far Eastern Economic Review. 23 November 1995, pp. 24-25.
  2. ↑ Rich Garella: Cambodian Personalities on Parade. 12-2015.
  3. ^ Controversial Tycoon Teng Bunma Dies at 75. In: The Cambodia Daily. June 18, 2016, accessed November 17, 2019 .

literature

  • Markus Karbaum: Cambodia under Hun Sen. Informal institutions, political culture and legitimacy to rule. LIT Verlag, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1645-2 , p. 216.
personal data
SURNAME Bunma, Teng
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Teng Boonma; Teng Boon Ma; Theng Bunma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cambodian businessman
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Suphan Buri
DATE OF DEATH 17th June 2016
Place of death Phnom Penh