Cambodia casino makes Chen a billionaire again

After a two year absence, Malaysia’s Chen Lip Keong rejoins the world’s billionaire ranks thanks to the succession and expansion of NagaWorld, the casino resort in Phnom Penh.

Totally globalized native New Yorker and former broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is a blogger for Forbes, editor at large for Inside Asian Gaming and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about television news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his bio, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook and Twitter @MuhammadCohen.

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