HEARTFELT TRIBUTES: Cambodia honours late King Father on 11th anniversary of his passing

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Prime Minister Hun Manet on Sunday led the country to pay tribute to the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk on the 11th anniversary of his passing. Members of the government, institutions, and people all around Cambodia paid respect to the late King Father in various ways. Last October, the government had designated October 15 as the annual commemoration date of the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk, the father of Cambodia’s independence.

 

Then-Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the people to mark October 15 to honour King Father Sihanouk and his lifelong devotion to the Kingdom and the people. On Sunday morning, high-ranking delegations of the Senate, National Assembly and government, as well as ministries and institutions, took turns laying wreaths at the late King Father’s Memorial Statue in the public park east of the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh.

 

Mr Hun Manet was fulfilling the task for the first time as the head of the government. Mr Hun Sen, who is now President of the Supreme Privy Council to King Norodom Sihamoni, expressed his heartfelt thanks for the sacrifices of the late King Father in a statement posted on his social media networks and prayed for his his soul to rest in peace.

 

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