About Hing Bun Hieng
Born 1957. Hing Bun Hieng is a Cambodian politician.
Lieutenant General Hing Bun Hieng (born 1957, ; also spelt Hing Bun Heang) is a Cambodian general and the commander of the Prime Minister Hun Sen's personal bodyguard unit. , he held the rank of 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. 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. The attack, which preceded the 1997 Cambodian coup d'état, killed 16, and injured more than 150 individuals.
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Who is Hing Bun Hieng?
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Hing Bun Hieng was born in 1957.
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Hing Bun Hieng is a politician.
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Hing Bun Hieng is Cambodian.
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