Cambodia’s outgoing leader Hun Sen has marked his 71st birthday with official confirmation of his party’s landslide victory in last month’s election.
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Electoral officials said on Saturday that his ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) had swept 120 of 125 seats.
Critics called July’s poll a sham after the main opposition, the Candlelight Party, was banned on a technicality.