Cambodia: Wave of discontent
Hun Sen’s 29-year regime is tottering as a young population, angered by corruption, seeks change
Getty. 7-up: supporters greet CNRP president Sam Rainsy with a number seven, the party's number in the last national election“Every Cambodian has something to protest about,” says Theary Seng, a lawyer who lost both her parents to the Pol Pot regime. “A young population is coming of age...They don’t have the same trauma or fear as their parents.”
Cambodia on a knife-edge
July 28, 2014: Cambodia became a byword for horror in
the 1970s, when the Khmer Rouge killed at least 2m. Three and a half
decades later, Cambodia is one of the fastest growing countries in its
region – but a new conflict with old echoes is unfolding on its streets.
The FT's Michael Peel reports.
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