Cambodian diplomat sidelined with health problems in Long Beach

Chhang Song, ex-Lon Nol regime minister, ex-CPP senator, renominated as CPP advisor in 2007 (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)

07/09/2010
By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer
Long Beach Press Telegram

LONG BEACH - Song Chhang had hoped to be celebrating this weekend in Washington D.C.He certainly didn't expect to be in a bed in a nursing facility considering his life and wondering what the future holds.

"I still have so many things to do," the 72-year-old says wistfully.

There are stories yet to tell. He wants to see how things turn out in his Cambodian homeland. But now, he just doesn't know.

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