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Cambodia: Threats, Bribes Tainted Senate Elections

Summary by Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen after voting for the Senate election at Takhmau polling station in Kandal province, Cambodia, February 25, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Heng Sinith (Bangkok) – Cambodian opposition politicians have reported intimidation and threats plus bribes and other unlawful inducements from government officials to withhold their support from opposition candidates in the recent Senate elections, Human Ri…

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Hun Sen elected president of Cambodian Senate

Former Prime Minister Hun Sen was unanimously approved to become president of Cambodia’s Senate in a move that critics said was meant to protect his son and current prime minister, Hun Manet. The Senate also approved two senior Hun Sen aides, ex-Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and ex-Secretary of State Ouch Borith, to be his vice presidents. As head of the Senate, Hun Sen will be acting head of state when King Norodom Sihamoni is out of the countr…

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