Selected adlib remarks of Samdech Techo Hun Sen, the highest representative of His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, at the opening ceremony of the “33rd National Buddhist Monks Conference” [Unofficial excerpts and translation]

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[1] (1) Once the secular world deteriorates, the Buddhist and religious worlds crumble (I have always emphasized regarding) the relationship between Buddhism, or religions, or in other words, the secular world and the Buddhist/religious world. They cannot be separated. The connection here is profound. I should recall that in my leadership for nearly four decades,…

Selected excerpts from the adlib speech of Samdech Techo Hun Sen at the inauguration of the Buddhist temple and various achievements in Wat Preah Baramei Vongkot Boreo, Phnom Penh [Unofficial Translation]

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(1) Democratic Kampuchea could never obliterate religions/faiths from people’s minds/hearts […] according to history, the monastery was previously only a haven for war refugees from 1970 to 1975. Then, between 1975 and 1979, all religions in Cambodia were destroyed by the genocidal regime of Pol Pot […] once, the former governor of Pursat province asked…