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.

“This is a premeditated killing case,” deputy municipal military police commander Pol Davy said. “We have not determined if the murder is linked to any of his businesses.

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