Taing Vida and Phak Seangly

Casinos owned by ruling Cambodian People’s Party Senator Ly Yong Phat have been granted top-level authorisation to run cockfighting tournaments despite a longstanding ban on the controversial bloodsport.

The tycoon owns two large casinos, in Koh Kong and Oddar Meanchey provinces, where the fights will take place. He is also the leading “commercial ally” of several Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) units in those provinces.

Yong Phat requested permission to run a number of new gambling operations out of his casinos, including cockfighting, on September 4.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/casinos-given-permission-hold-cockfights-despite-ban

That says it all A tycoon, can do what he want all he has to do is ,,,,pay a kickback here and there and he can rule the roost/country,,,,

This will bring the Thais running..

So,you have a law od you don't a law.This area will for many years (read decades) be a third world area.