Bun Rany

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Bun Rany is the First Lady of Cambodia, wife of Samdech Hun Sen and head of the Cambodian Red Cross.^[1]

1 Early life
- 1.1 Personal life
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Early life

Bun Rany was born Ms. Bun Sam Heng in 1954 in Krouch Chhmar district, Kampong Cham Province. She was the fourth of five children from a farming family, and is of Chinese descent, with roots from Hainan province in China.^[2]

[edit] Personal life

In 1972 she was a nurse in the National United Front of Kampuchea (NUFK) forces. She met Hun Sen in 1973 in a dispensary in Kampong Cham when he was recovering from a wounded leg. On January the 5th 1976, she married Hun Sen in a group marriage ceremony with 12 other handicapped ex-combatants. Though the marriage was organised by the Khmer Rouge Angkar (organisation) it was also desired by both partners. Hun Sen reports that he had asked his commander for permission to marry Rany. On November 10, 1976, Bun Rany gave birth to their first child, a son, who died later the same day. In 1980, her father was killed by the Khmer Rouge during a raid on the family village.

Currently, Samdech Hun Sen and Chumteav Bun Rany have six children, three sons and three daughters (one of them adopted). Their names are Hun Manet, Hun Mana, Hun Manit, Hun Mani, Hun Mali, and Hun Malis.^[1]

However, recently Hun Sen and Bun Rany have disowned their adopted daughter because they worried that she would have got their millions of US$ will from corruption after they pass away. Accordingly, Hun Sen and Bun Rany said they could not accept their adopted daughter as she is a lesbian.

In addition, many have argued that Bun Rany was behind the demise of a Khmer popular star.