Tears, tributes in Cambodia as Sok An funeral begins

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Mech Dara and Erin Handley

 

It was with an ashen face that Prime Minister Hun Sen approached the drapes of the funeral tent to pay his last respects to his long-time political ally and deputy Sok An.

 

Wreath after wreath of white carnations and yellow lilies filed into Sok An’s Rue Yugoslavie residence yesterday afternoon, as warbling funerary tones intermingled with a brassy military beat.

 

A long string of sombre, high-profile mourners, decked in black and white, followed the premier’s suit.

 

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