Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Hing Bun HIENG
Aliases
Hing BUNHEUNG; Hing BUNHEANG; Hing Bun HEANG; Him Bun HEANG
DoB
1957-01-01
Address
Takhmao, Cambodia; 22, St. 118, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Official reason
Bun Hieng is the commander of Cambodia’s Prime Minister Bodyguard Unit (PMBU), a unit in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces that has engaged in serious acts of human rights abuse against the people of Cambodia. The PMBU has been implicated in multiple attacks on unarmed Cambodians over the span of many years, including in 2013 at Wat Phnom and in 201...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0411
Date of listing
2018-06-12
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13818 - Global Magnitsky
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/5441
Official Information
On December 23, 2016, the President signed the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114-328, Title XII, Subtitle F) (the “Act”) into law. The Act authorized the President to impose targeted sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is, among other things, responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other ...
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