04 January 2017 - A Royal Cremation Procession for the last surviving son of King Sisowath Monivong

This morning around 7:30 a royal cremation procession for His Royal Highness Samdech Sisowath Chivan Monireak left Wat Botum Park and proceeded west on Suramarit Blvd. It looped around the Independence Monument and returned on Sihanouk Blvd to Wat Botum Park , where the royal cremation took place. He was born on February 1, 1936 in Phnom Penh, son of His Late Majesty King Sisowath Monivong and Khun Preah Moneang Norleak Yin That, and he died peacefully in Phnom Penh on the morning of December 28, 2016.