Reuters: Cambodia’s long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen, 65, whose party claimed victory in a general election that many have said was neither free nor fair, met with supporters for the first time since the vote on Wednesday. The former Khmer Rouge commander, who has ruled Cambodia for nearly 33 years, took ‘selfies’ with supporters and enjoyed a boat ride following Sunday’s election in which his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) said it had won all 125 parliamentary seats, prompting condemnation from rights groups and some Western nations.
Authorities launched a sweeping crackdown in the lead up to the vote targeting the opposition National Cambodia Rescue Party (CNRP), non-government organizations, rights groups activists and independent media.As part of the crackdown, the CNRP was dissolved by the Supreme Court last year and 118 members were banned from politics for five years.
Its leader, Kem Sokha, was jailed on treason charges in September and remains in pre-trial detention at a prison near the country’s border with Vietnam.