Lieutenant General Hing Bun Hieng (born 1957,[1] Khmer: ហ៊ីង ប៊ុនហ៊ាង; also spelt Hing Bun Heang) is a Cambodian general and the commander of the Prime Minister Hun Sen's personal bodyguard unit.[2][3] As of March 2022[update], he held the rank of lieutenant general.[4]
Hing Bun Hieng | |
|---|---|
ហ៊ីង ប៊ុនហ៊ាង | |
| Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | |
| Prime Minister | Hun Sen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1957 (age 67) Kampuchea |
| Children | Hing Chamroeun |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Cambodia |
| Branch/service | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
In June 2018, the United States government sanctioned Bun Hieng for human rights abuses, specifically his role in multiple attacks against unarmed Cambodians dating back to 1997.[3] In July 2020, he was appointed as a supreme advisor to Tep Vong, the Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, and Bour Kry, the head of Cambodia's Dhammayuttika Nikaya order.[5] In December 2001, the Judicial Court of Paris issued arrest warrants for Bun Hieng and Huy Piseth for orchestrating a grenade attack at a political rally in Phnom Penh on 30 March 1997.[6] The attack, which preceded the 1997 Cambodian coup d'état, killed 16, and injured more than 150 individuals.[6]
Personal life edit
Bun Hieng's son, Hing Chamroeun, is also a member of the Prime Minister's Bodyguard Unit.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Sanctions List Search". Office of Foreign Assets Control. 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ "Sanctions Implicate Hun Sen's Bodyguard Chief in Grenade Attack". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ a b "Treasury Sanctions Two Individuals and Five Entities Under Global Magnitsky". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ "At Long Last, Signs of Justice for 1997 Cambodia Massacre". Human Rights Watch. 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ "PM's Bodyguard Commander Appointed as Advisor to Supreme Monks". Cambodianess. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ a b "Cambodia: French Court Indicts Hun Sen Cronies". Human Rights Watch. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ "'Untouchable' Sends Man Under the Cloth". The Cambodia Daily. 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2023-03-13.