FORMER king Norodom Sihanouk has been diagnosed with a third bout of cancer, according to a message posted on his website.
The 86-year-old, who left for his palace residence in Beijing in July to receive treatment for another illness, wrote last Thursday that his Chinese doctors had found a new cancer, which was “situated in a part of my body which will allow relatively simpler and easier treatment”.
Sihanouk has suffered from a number of ailments, including cancer, diabetes and hypertension. Earlier this month, he announced that his health was deteriorating and suggested that his final days were not far away.
The Phnom Penh Post