Wishing Cambodia well as it peaceably moves forward

On a visit to Siem Reap in Cambodia some years ago, an expatriate Malaysian there intimated an open secret: that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is an admirer of Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The Cambodian leader certainly has length in office and staying power to more than match ours.

But will Hun Sen carry that admiration a step further and one day emulate Dr Mahathir by becoming the instrument for the birth of a New Cambodia?

In full: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/11/538114/wishing-cambodia-well-it-peaceably-moves-forward

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