The Norodom Sihanouk Memorial, also called the Statue of King Father Norodom Sihanouk, is a monument commemorating former King Norodom Sihanouk located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The bronze statue is 4.5 meters tall and is housed under a 27 meter high stupa in the park east of the Independence Monument.[2] The statue depicting the late king wearing a business suit cost about US$1.2 million and took about 8 months to complete. During the day the statue was inaugurated, public access to the statue was tightly monitored while armed military police were stationed near the statue in October 2013.[3] Norodom Sihanouk died on 15 October 2012 in Beijing, China,[4] and survived by his son, current King Norodom Sihamoni, and his wife, Norodom Monineath.
The statue is dedicated to Sihanouk's accomplishment on liberating the country on 9 November 1953 from the French colonialism.[2]
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- ^ "វិមានព្រះបរមបដិមាសម្ដេចឪនរោត្ដមសីហនុ បានបើកសម្ពោធហើយ". RFI.
- ^ a b Sen, David (2013-10-13). "Sihanouk statue inaugurated". Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ Khy, Sovuthy (2013-10-17). "Norodom Sihanouk Statue, Phnom Penh Still Under Guard - The Cambodia Daily". The Cambodia Daily. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ Johnson, Kay. "Cambodia's Mercurial Former King, Norodom Sihanouk, Dies at 89". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2017-04-30.