Translated from French by Luc SârCommuniqué
from Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia
Beijing, P.R. of China, 08 December 2008
from Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia
Beijing, P.R. of China, 08 December 2008
In October 2008, November 2008 and up to now, 8 December 2008, I do not stop receiving e-mails, faxes, cards, letters, etc… (the total number of which amounts to more than one thousand) wishing me a happy Birthday (I was born on 31 October 1922).
Each day, I can only send about 10 thank you letters and cards.
In fact, I cannot do more because I am very old (87-year-old) and ill (I had to go to the Beijing Central Hospital several times.) I had (in this hospital) perfusion sessions. Each session lasts several hours. In a not too distant future, I will have to return back to the hospital again.
I beg my beloved Compatriots and foreign Friends to stop sending me emails, faxes, cards, letters, telegrams, flowers, gifts, etc… on the upcoming occasion of Khmer, Chinese, international, universal holidays.
Those who really love me must kindly accept my demand to no longer send me emails, faxes, cards, letters, telegrams, gifts, flowers, etc…
Those who do not heed my demand, they want to harass me, to cause me a mental and physical illness and (they want) to shorten my life which, in their mind, is already too long.
(Signed) N. Sihanouk
Each day, I can only send about 10 thank you letters and cards.
In fact, I cannot do more because I am very old (87-year-old) and ill (I had to go to the Beijing Central Hospital several times.) I had (in this hospital) perfusion sessions. Each session lasts several hours. In a not too distant future, I will have to return back to the hospital again.
I beg my beloved Compatriots and foreign Friends to stop sending me emails, faxes, cards, letters, telegrams, flowers, gifts, etc… on the upcoming occasion of Khmer, Chinese, international, universal holidays.
Those who really love me must kindly accept my demand to no longer send me emails, faxes, cards, letters, telegrams, gifts, flowers, etc…
Those who do not heed my demand, they want to harass me, to cause me a mental and physical illness and (they want) to shorten my life which, in their mind, is already too long.
(Signed) N. Sihanouk
