Cambodia unveils grave tower for martyrs of united armed forces
The Cambodian Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony on April 2 to inaugurate a grave tower in Memot district, Tbong Khmum province, and rebury remains of 49 soldiers of the country’s united armed forces for national salvation there.
Cambodian officials lays wreaths at the grave tower on April 2. (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) – The Cambodian Ministry ofNational Defence held a ceremony on April 2 to inaugurate a grave tower in Memotdistrict, Tbong Khmum province, and rebury remains of 49 soldiers of the country’sunited armed forces for national salvation there.
The event, chaired by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister andDefence Minister Gen. Tea Banh, was also attended by Minister Counsellor of theVietnamese Embassy in Cambodia Ngo Van Tuat, representatives of Vietnamesemilitary officials and war veterans, and those from embassies and defence attachéagencies of other countries.
The grave tower, built in over five months, is located at theTecho Koh Thmar X16 military historical relic site in Koh Thmar hamlet ofTonlong commune, Memot district.
Addressing the ceremony, Samdech Tea Banh said the buildingof the grave tower and the reburial of remains of 49 martyrs reflect therespect and gratitude from the Cambodian Government’s leaders to the comrades layingdown their lives for the sake of the Fatherland to liberate the country fromthe genocidal regime.
The move also aims to preserve the undeniable historicalremnants about the great devotion to the search for peace for the country, henoted.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen. Tea Banh (front) chairs the ceremony on April 2. (Photo: VNA)
On April 1, Gen. Sao Sokha, DeputyCommander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, Commander of the RoyalGendarmerie of Cambodia, and head of the working group for the repatriation ofremains of the united armed forces’ soldiers fromVietnam, hosted a ritual to mark the completion of the grave towerconstruction.
In late2022, the remains handover cerecemony was held at the Techo Koh Thmar X16 military historical relic site in the presence ofGen. Sao Sokha and Lt. Gen. Do Can, Vice Chairman of the Genderal Department ofPolitics of the Vietnam People’s Army.
In the fight to liberate Cambodiafrom the genocidal Pol Pot regime, Hun Sen, now Prime Minister of the country,established the united armed forces for national salvation on May 12, 1978. Amongmany members of the armed forces dying in the struggle, authorities were unableto find relatives of the 49. Their remains were buried in a martyr cemetery in DongNai province of Vietnam./.
The Government’s specialised committee, the Defence Ministry and authorities of the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Phuoc on December 1 handed over the remains of 49 soldiers of Cambodia’s united armed forces for national salvation to a delegation of the Defence Ministry and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF).
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Cambodian officials lays wreaths at the grave tower on April 2. (Photo: VNA) 
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen. Tea Banh (front) chairs the ceremony on April 2. (Photo: VNA) 
