Hing Bun Hieng
ហ៊ីង ប៊ុន​ហ៊ាង
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
Prime MinisterHun Sen
Personal details
Born1 January 1957 (1957-01) (age 67)
Kampuchea
ChildrenHing Chamroeun
Military service
Allegiance Cambodia
Branch/serviceRoyal Cambodian Armed Forces
RankLieutenant General

Lieutenant General Hing Bun Hieng (born 1957,[1] Khmer: ហ៊ីង ប៊ុន​ហ៊ាង; 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, he held the rank of lieutenant general.[4]

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

Bun Hieng's son, Hing Chamroeun, is also a member of the Prime Minister's Bodyguard Unit.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Sanctions List Search". Office of Foreign Assets Control. 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  2. ↑ "Sanctions Implicate Hun Sen's Bodyguard Chief in Grenade Attack". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  3. 1 2 "Treasury Sanctions Two Individuals and Five Entities Under Global Magnitsky". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  4. ↑ "At Long Last, Signs of Justice for 1997 Cambodia Massacre". Human Rights Watch. 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  5. ↑ "PM's Bodyguard Commander Appointed as Advisor to Supreme Monks". Cambodianess. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  6. 1 2 "Cambodia: French Court Indicts Hun Sen Cronies". Human Rights Watch. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  7. ↑ "'Untouchable' Sends Man Under the Cloth". The Cambodia Daily. 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
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