Final journey: Mourners watching the funeral procession for Chea Sim in Phnom Penh. — AFP
PHNOM PENH: Thousands of Cambodians lined the streets of Phnom Penh to mark the lavish funeral of Chea Sim, a former Khmer Rouge official who became a key figure in the country’s ruling political party.
Chea Sim, who died on June 8 at the age of 82, was a local party secretary in the brutal communist regime responsible for the deaths of up to two million people during their 1975-1979 rule.
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