26 Jan 2009By Ung Chamroeun
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek
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Mr. Chau Sen Cocsal’s funeral was held on the Wat Botum esplanade in Phnom Penh on Monday 26 January. Numerous VIPs presented their condolences to the family of this high-ranking Cambodian political official from the 20th century.
Passed away in Phnom Penh at the age of 104, Chau Sen Cocsal was a former president of the Cambodian National Assembly and former PM under the Sangkum Reastr Niyum led by then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Kong Sam Ol, the minister of the royal palace, led the funeral procession, as well as the cremation ceremony.
King-Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen-Mother Monineath sent their condolences to the family of the deceased from their Beijing residence. They offered $10,000 for the organization of the religious ceremony. For the former monarch, Chau Sen Cocsal’s death is “a major loss, he is a national hero.” Norodom Sihanouk also reminisced on the past of his faithful follower: “We remember very well the huge sacrifices performed by Chau Sen Cocsal, a true Sihanoukist and a good collaborator who accomplished all his missions for the construction and the protection of the nation, from the Sangkum Reastr Niyum era until now. He always wanted to contribute to the national interest and to [the welfare] of the Cambodian population,” Sihanouk and Monineath wrote.
In a press communiqué dated 23 January, the French ambassador to Cambodia also salutes the memory of the deceased, pointing out that Chau Sen Cocsal was a great witness of the 20th century who was engaged and also the dean of the French community in Cambodia. “First high school graduate from Cambodia, Great Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia, and Commander of the [French] Honor Legion [medal], Chau Sen Cocsal was a man of faith and a fighting man, a tireless defender of the kingdom of Cambodia in which he occupied the most prestigious positions,” the ambassador’s communiqué indicated.
Various Khmer Krom communities in Cambodia also presented their condolences, following the loss of one of their compatriots.
Passed away in Phnom Penh at the age of 104, Chau Sen Cocsal was a former president of the Cambodian National Assembly and former PM under the Sangkum Reastr Niyum led by then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Kong Sam Ol, the minister of the royal palace, led the funeral procession, as well as the cremation ceremony.
King-Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen-Mother Monineath sent their condolences to the family of the deceased from their Beijing residence. They offered $10,000 for the organization of the religious ceremony. For the former monarch, Chau Sen Cocsal’s death is “a major loss, he is a national hero.” Norodom Sihanouk also reminisced on the past of his faithful follower: “We remember very well the huge sacrifices performed by Chau Sen Cocsal, a true Sihanoukist and a good collaborator who accomplished all his missions for the construction and the protection of the nation, from the Sangkum Reastr Niyum era until now. He always wanted to contribute to the national interest and to [the welfare] of the Cambodian population,” Sihanouk and Monineath wrote.
In a press communiqué dated 23 January, the French ambassador to Cambodia also salutes the memory of the deceased, pointing out that Chau Sen Cocsal was a great witness of the 20th century who was engaged and also the dean of the French community in Cambodia. “First high school graduate from Cambodia, Great Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia, and Commander of the [French] Honor Legion [medal], Chau Sen Cocsal was a man of faith and a fighting man, a tireless defender of the kingdom of Cambodia in which he occupied the most prestigious positions,” the ambassador’s communiqué indicated.
Various Khmer Krom communities in Cambodia also presented their condolences, following the loss of one of their compatriots.
3 comments:
Endangered Sihanoukommunist had never supported Khmer Krom autonomy endeavour throughout his life.
He never wanted to have anything to do with Khmer Krom since 1949.
No that's not completely true buddy. HM Sihanouk probably more inclined toward the communist bloc but in the 1960s, he expressed his dissatisfaction and anger at South Vietnam by ending diplomatic relationship with this country because South Vietnam had abused Cambodian living in the lower mekong delta (Kampuchea Krom). Thai was also encroaching at the north. Cambodia was pressurized at the time to join an organization called SEATO and to be allied with the US while they were fighting the communist North Vietnam.
He was just a Sihanouk-ass kisser! Go to hell, old prick, and wait for Sihanouk (your master) down there. Go as deepest as possible down in hell.
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