Lieutenant General Hing Bun Hieng (born 1957,[1] Khmer: ហ៊ីង ប៊ុនហ៊ាង; also spelt Hing Bun Heang) is a Cambodian general and the commander of the Prime Minister Hun Sen's personal bodyguard unit.
[4] In June 2018, the United States government sanctioned Bun Hieng for human rights abuses, specifically his role in multiple attacks against unarmed Cambodians dating back to 1997.
[5] In December 2001, the Judicial Court of Paris issued arrest warrants for Bun Hieng and Huy Piseth for orchestrating a grenade attack at a political rally in Phnom Penh on 30 March 1997.
[6] The attack, which preceded the 1997 Cambodian coup d'état, killed 16, and injured more than 150 individuals.
[6] Bun Hieng's son, Hing Chamroeun, is also a member of the Prime Minister's Bodyguard Unit.