08032018_cam56_174837-1560x988 — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, of the Cambodian People’s Party, holds a ballot before voting at a polling station in Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Sunday, July 29, 2018. (Heng Sinith / The Associated Press)

Questions raised over Washington state lawmakers’ visit to Cambodia to observe elections

The recent visit by a group of Republican Washington lawmakers to Cambodia has raised questions about whether they were used to legitimize the sham elections of an authoritarian government.

August 6, 2018

by Seattle Times

By the time they sat down with the U.S. ambassador in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh last week, Washington state Reps. Drew MacEwen and Brandon Vick already felt trepidation about their trip during the country’s elections.

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