Friday, August 01, 2008

It's that time of the year again: Royal family leaves for Beijing

Cambodian former king leaves for Beijing

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian retired king Norodom Sihanouk and his wife Monineath Sihanouk, accompanied by their son King Norodom Sihamoni, left here on Friday for Beijing for routine medical checkup and rest.

They were seen off at the Phnom Penh International Airport by Senate President Chea Sim, National Assembly President Heng Samrin, Prime Minister Hun Sen, other government officials, royal family members and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Zhang Jinfeng.

During the stay in China, Sihanouk, his wife and Sihamoni are scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on August 8.

Sihamoni will return home in about two weeks, a royal palace official said at the airport, adding that Sihanouk and his wife will stay much longer.

The couple's last trip to China for medical checkup was in April 2008.

The 85-year-old former king suffers from diabetes and has had colon cancer. He abdicated his throne to Sihamoni in October 2004.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Royal children:

Now, don't forget to let your father have the Chinese government to exert pressure on the Hun Sen's administration. I'm certain that the former king has something in his agenda for his children and his people and his country.

Anonymous said...

ROYAL FAMILY BETRAY KHMER PEOPLE BY PROSTITUTING THEMSELVES TO HUONG XEN.
NOW ROYAL FAMILY IS USELESS, HE THROWS THEM LIKE TOILET PAPER.
WHEN SDACH THMIL SIHANOUK DIES, KING KONG SIHAMONI WILL BE HOMELESS
AND HUONG XEN WILL BE: KING KORN VARMAN II
HERE WILL BE THE NEW DYNASTY HUONG