Hun Sen: Remember the past, but look to the future

Hun Sen (centre), Heng Samrin (left) and Hun Manet (right) release pigeons during the ceremony marking the 45th anniversary of the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in Phnom Penh on Jan 7, 2024. - AFP

PHNOM PENH: As the kingdom looks back 45 years, while also gazing towards 2050, former Prime Minister Hun Sen, who remains president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), has offered several recommendations that should be implemented in 2024.

During the commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of the Jan 7, 1979 Victory over Genocide Day, held on Koh Pich in Phnom Penh on Jan 7, Hun Sen drew attention to several chronological events since 1970, when then-Prince Norodom Sihanouk was ousted in a coup backed by a “foreign power” that he said led to the loss of nearly one million lives.