THREE days after the Cambodian National General Election Commission (NEC) declared a landslide victory for the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) in the general elections, Prime Minister Hun Sen made an announcement that stunned the nation. Cambodia’s strongman, who ruled the country for nearly four decades, said he would step down and pass the baton to his son, Hun Manet, to form a new government. 

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