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The body of former Justice Minister Chem Sngoun

| Publication date 25 June 1999 | 07:00 ICT

The body of former Justice Minister Chem Sngoun

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The body of former Justice Minister Chem Sngoun

is carried to Wat Botum for cremation on Monday. The ceremony was attended by a number of high-level dignitaries, foreign representatives and senior members of the CPP. Senate president Chea Sim lit the ceremonial funeral pyre. Chem Sngoun died in the United States on June 13, where he was being treated for a liver dise

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