Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen releases a dove during the celebrations of the 65th anniversary of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia: PM tells foreign powers to stop interfering in country’s internal politics

The international powers have accused PM Hun Sen of intimidating political opponents before 2018 elections

Reuters / Indian Express | 28 June 2016

International powers should keep out of Cambodian domestic politics, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned on Tuesday, as he posed for selfies with supporters and played down tension between his ruling party and the opposition.

An opposition win in an election due in 2018 could tip the country back into civil war, the quixotic Cambodian strong man has warned. Foreign governments have accused him of intimidating his political opponents ahead of the vote.

Those who portrayed the country as experiencing a political crisis were guilty of a “dishonest trick to deceive public opinion,” Hun Sen said in the capital, Phnom Penh.