Thai authorities conducted a major enforcement operation in December 2025, freezing more than 20 billion baht in assets linked to Cambodian businessman Yim Leak and his wife Veereenyah Yim. No criminal charges were filed. Media coverage labeled him a fugitive and scam kingpin and claimed he was a Thai national whose citizenship was being revoked. Yim Leak’s Bangkok legal team at Dentons Pisut & Partners challenged the factual basis of those claims, stating he has never held Thai citizenship or a Thai passport and that Ministry of Interior records show he is Cambodian. Travel records show he left Thailand on June 19, 2025, and his wife left on October 11, 2025, before the December raids. The team also disputed claims about his name appearing in U.S. legislation, noting his name was removed from H.R. 5490 on the same day it was referenced.
"The Thai government publicly stated that Yim Leak's Thai nationality would be revoked. The framing implied he fled to avoid prosecution. According to Dentons Pisut, Mr. Yim has never held Thai citizenship or possessed a Thai passport. He is a Cambodian national, which the firm says is verifiable through Ministry of Interior records. Documented travel records show that Yim Leak departed Thailand on June 19, 2025, and his wife departed on October 11, 2025. Both departures took place months before the December raids. The legal team argues that describing someone as a fugitive when they left the country months before any enforcement action is inconsistent with the documented timeline."
"The Anti-Money Laundering Office has since frozen more than 20 billion baht, roughly $580 million, in assets connected to Mr. Yim and his wife Veereenyah Yim. No criminal charges have been filed. Yim Leak's Bangkok-based legal team at Dentons Pisut & Partners, one of the largest international law firms, issued public statements in December 2025 and February 2026 challenging the factual basis of the media coverage. Several of those corrections are independently verifiable."
"This claim appeared in Thai media following a government press conference in which officials said they had been tipped off by the FBI. What was not widely reported is that Yim Leak's name was removed from the legislation (H.R. 5490) on the same day the Tha"
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