- Title: CHINA: Cambodian King and PM in Beijing to collect former King Sihanouk's body.
- Date: 15th October 2012
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (OCTOBER 15, 2012) (REUTERS) ENTRANCE OF V.I.P. BUILDING OF BEIJING CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT POLICEMAN STANDING CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG POLICEMAN STANDING NEXT TO POLICE CAR FIRST CAR IN MOTORCADE DRIVING OUT VARIOUS OF MOTORCADE DRIVING AWAY
- Embargoed: 30th October 2012 12:00
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- Location: China
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- Country: China
- Topics: Royalty,Politics,Royalty
- Reuters ID: LVABYT7Y9I6CWPWYP15ASQVDRQ2H
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- Story Text: Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen arrive in Beijing to collect the body of former King Norodom Sihanouk who died at the age of 89.
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in Beijing on Monday (October 15) to collect the body of former King Norodom Sihanouk, who died in the early hours in a Beijing hospital, aged 89.
A motorcade carrying the two men left Beijing's international airport around 3pm local time (0700gmt), and soon afterwards arrived at a residence where Sihanouk had been living in Beijing.
Sihanouk, once an absolute ruler who freed Cambodia from colonialism, will also be remembered as a puppet kept by the Khmer Rouge during their 1970s reign of terror that killed almost a quarter of the Cambodian population.
The quixotic ruler held considerable power in the 1950s and 1960s when the young, flamboyant leader came to symbolise Cambodia's liberation from French rule in what is now seen as a golden age for an impoverished country long scarred by war.
Despite his self-exile in China, declining health and diminished influence in later years, Sihanouk still looms large over Cambodia, his portrait commonplace in homes and buildings across the Southeast Asian nation of 14 million people. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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