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Wownow, a digital delivery service operated by Super Light Speed Kh Technology Co., Ltd., has been removed from Apple’s App Store, while its online bank payment options have been suspended following sanctions by the U.S. Treasury Department.
The changes came about a week after a third round of sanctions was imposed targeting the Prince Group network, designating four additional individuals and 41 entities, including Super Light Speed Kh Technology Co., Ltd. and U-Life KH Super App, both current and former parent company of Wownow, respectively.
A Wownow delivery worker, who requested anonymity for security reasons, told CamboJA News that the payment disruption began about a week ago.
“Previously, customers could pay through the delivery service or online bank transfer. But I do not know why they can’t pay online anymore. This happened after reports linking the company to online scams,” he said.
A check showed that the payment section of the app on iPhone and Android phones displays a notice stating that “online payment is under maintenance”.
The delivery worker said existing customers who use either phones need to pay delivery workers in cash, who pass the payments to the company.
He added that while the company has not given any information about the situation, he knows that it is working on an updated system but does not know the details of.
The app remains available on Android devices, but no longer downloadable from Apple’s App Store.
“If you already have the app, you can still use it. But if you delete it, you cannot download it again if you are an iPhone user,” he said.
The phone number provided on Wownow’s Facebook page could not be reached. Wownow did not respond to CamboJA News’ email request for comment.
CamboJA News contacted the phone number listed for Super Light Speed Kh Technology in the Ministry of Commerce’s business registration. A man who answered said did not know about the company, but mentioned that he is a former employee of Prince Group. He left after working there for a while.
CamboJA News also contacted He Yujing, who owns Super Light Speed Kh Technology, but the number could not be reached, while the phone number in the ministry’s business registration for U-Life KH Super App was incorrect.
Yujing, director of Wownow’s parent company, was among four individuals named in the third round of sanctions. She was identified as Chen Bo’s wife, a Prince Group executive sanctioned in June.
Pang Visal, former director of Wownow’s parent company, who co-directs several companies with Bo, was designated by the United Kingdom on March 26.
Visal and Bo also co-direct Tian Xu International Technology, the operator of Cool Cash which partnered with Wownow, whose license was revoked by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) in September.
The disruption to Wownow’s services bears similarities to when the Prince Bank mobile banking app disappeared after the U.S. and UK sanctioned its parent company.
NBC did not respond to CamboJA News.
