“I loved His Majesty, but now I’ve lost him,” said Chhun Chenda, who lives in Phnom Penh and said she wanted his body returned to Cambodia.
The temple’s chief layman, Koy Moeun, said he hoped the king would rest and peace and “receive all the merit we have done at the temple for him.”
Condolence messages poured in from around the world for former king Norodom Sihanouk who died of a heart attack Monday at the age of 89.