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Agence France-Presse

A Cambodian prince hurt in a car crash that killed his wife was flown to Bangkok for treatment Monday and is expected to recover, a member of his political party said.
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, a former prime minister and half-brother of the current king Norodom Sihamoni, suffered “some broken ribs” and leg injuries, Yim Savy, the secretary general of the Funcinpec party, said.
“He was sent to Thailand as a precaution”, Savy said, adding that the 74-year-old was in good condition and “speaking normally”.
Bangkok has some of the best medical facilities in Southeast Asia and Cambodians who can afford it often travel there for treatment.

Ranariddh, the head of the royalist Funcinpec party, was riding with his wife Ouk Phalla in a campaign convoy in southwest Cambodia on Sunday when a taxi going in the other direction hit their vehicle head-on.
Phalla, who found fame in Cambodia as a classical dancer before marrying Ranariddh, died in a local hospital while Ranariddh was airlifted to the capital Phnom Penh. At least seven people were injured, police said.
Funcinpec is contesting national elections set for July 29 despite international fears that the poll will be neither free nor fair after the main opposition group, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was banned late last year.
Relations between Ranariddh and Prime Minister Hun Sen – who is looking to extend his 33-year-grip on power – had long been fraught but the two former foes have reconciled in recent years.
The prince served jointly with Hun Sen as prime minister from 1993 to 1997, when he was toppled in a bloody coup led by forces loyal to the strongman.
Ranariddh’s popularity and political fortunes declined afterwards and he was ejected from Funcinpec almost a decade ago, only to return to it in 2015 after several attempted forays back into politics.
The royalist Funcinpec party was founded by Ranariddh’s father, the late monarch Norodom Sihanouk, who died in 2012.


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Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh (R), and his wife Ouk Phalla in 2015. File photo: EPA

epaselect epa06817599 Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh's car sits on a street after a fatal car crash in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia, 17 June 2018 (issued 18 June 2018). According to media reports on 17 June 2018, Prince Norodom Ranariddh and his wife Ouk Phalla were involved in a head on collision in the south west of Cambodia. A taxi reportedly hit the vehicle that the pair was traveling in, killing Ouk Phalla and seriously injuring Prince Norodom. EPA-EFE/ROS PINA

Cambodian prince’s wife dies in head-on car crash

Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Ranariddh’s mangled car outside Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Photo: AP

FILE- In this Nov. 28, 2018, file photo, Prince Norodom Ranariddh enters to the National Assembly, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Ranariddh has been seriously injured in a road crash that killed his wife and injured at least seven other people, early Sunday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Ouk Phalla; wife of Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh (L), president of the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP).

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Prince Norodom Ranariddh, 74, was heading toward Sihanoukville in southwest Cambodia on Sunday morning when a taxi travelling in the opposite direction slammed into his SUV
