What you need to know about Cambodia's election

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Hun Sen's son, Hun Manet, is making his debut in Sunday’s election and needs to win a legislative seat to be eligible to be prime minister. Read more at straitstimes.com.

extending its nearly four-decade grip on power.About 9.7 million of Cambodia’s 16 million people are eligible to vote in the election for a national assembly. Polling stations will open from 7am until 3pm. A preliminary result is expected on Sunday evening.

Large numbers of opposition figures fled into exile and hundreds were convicted of crimes mostly in absentia in mass trials. Hun Manet, 45, is making his debut in Sunday’s election and needs to win a legislative seat to be eligible to be prime minister. The election gives him a chance to earn legitimacy with the public and he had been expected to take over sometime during the five-year term, with his father retaining influence by becoming CPP chief in the interim.

 

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