PHNOM PENH, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Speaker of Parliament of Sri Lanka Chamal Rajapaksa and Malaysian Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon will visit Cambodia to pay their last respects to late former King Norodom Sihanouk, according to media statements from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
One statement said that Chamal Rajapaksa will lead a delegation to pay tribute to the late King at the Royal Palace on Wednesday, and the other said Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon will pay his homage to the late King on Tuesday.
Sihanouk died of illness at the age of 90 in Beijing on Oct. 15 and his body was returned to Phnom Penh by Air China jumbo jet on Oct. 17.
The country announced a week of mourning on Oct. 17-23, and the body of the King-Father will be lying in state at least three months at the Royal Palace before it is cremated.
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