Cambodia’s king on Monday will appoint Hun Manet as the country’s new leader after his father Hun Sen calls time on nearly four decades of hardline rule.
Days after a landslide victory in July’s election, Hun Sen – one of the world’s longest-serving leaders – announced he was stepping down as prime minister and handing power to his eldest son.
The polls were widely decried as a sham after the opposition challenger Candlelight Party was barred from running over a technicality, with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) winning all but five seats in the 125-member lower house.
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