Cambodia leader Hun Sen to step down, hand over power to son

Longtime Cambodian leader Hun Sen said he will step down in three weeks as prime minister and hand the position to his oldest son, who won his first seat in parliament in Sunday’s election.

The announcement on Wednesday came after their Cambodian People’s Party won a landslide victory in weekend elections that Western countries and rights organisations criticised as neither free nor fair, and in which the country’s main opposition Candlelight Party was suppressed.

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