Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Tuesday ordered election laws to be changed to ban anyone who fails to vote in an upcoming poll from ever running for office — a move that will affect exiled rivals.
The kingdom votes in a general election next month with Hun Sen’s party running almost unopposed, after the main opposition outfit was barred on a technicality.
Rights groups accuse Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for nearly four decades, of using the legal system to crush any opposition to his power.
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