Cambodia Wakes to Another Era of Hun Sen Rule After ‘Flawed’ Election

Cambodia Wakes to Another Era of Hun Sen Rule After ‘Flawed’ Election
Cambodia's Prime Minister and President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) Hun Sen shows his stained finger at a polling station during a general election in Takhmao, Kandal province, Cambodia July 29, 2018. Reuters/Samrang Pring
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PHNOM PENH—Cambodia woke on July 30 to another chapter of rule by strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen, a day after a general election in which his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) declared victory but one which rights groups said was neither free nor fair.

The White House said it would consider steps, including an expansion of visa restrictions placed on some Cambodian government members, in response to “flawed elections” in which there was no significant challenger to Hun Sen.