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Cambodian PM flies to Singapore to attend Lee Kuan Yew's funeral

Xinhua, March 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen left here on Saturday for Singapore to attend the state funeral of former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

"The prime minister will attend the state funeral of Lee Kuan Yew on Sunday," Sry Thamarong, spokesman for Hun Sen, told reporters at Phnom Penh International Airport before departure, adding that Hun Sen is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An.

Lee, Singapore's founding father, served as prime minister from 1959 to 1990 and then as a senior minister and minister mentor. He died Monday at the age of 91. Endi