Cambodia clampdown was long in the planning

Military intelligence unit led by Prime Minister Hun Sen's son was making plans to undercut the political opposition as early as 2016

On June 1, 2016, the director of Cambodia’s Defense Ministry’s Military Intelligence Unit gave a rare interview to a pro-government newspaper in which he outlined a strategy to assure the ruling party’s victory at national elections in 2018.

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