https://www.scmp.com/rss/516238/feed Ouch Sony is a freelance journalist, reporter and translator based in Cambodia. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com After a walkover election widely pilloried outside Cambodia for being neither free nor fair, Prime Minister Hun Sen is poised to hand power to his eldest son Hun Manet, but observers warn 38 years of one-man rule may not fall neatly into his successor’s lap. The 70-year-old leader said in a speech on Wednesday that he would step down as prime minister. “Hun Manet...will become the prime minister in the coming weeks,” he said, adding the new premier will be appointed on August 10. “I will... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3228936/cambodians-expect-more-same-hun-sens-son-set-take-power-we-have-no-hope?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3228936/cambodians-expect-more-same-hun-sens-son-set-take-power-we-have-no-hope?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Jul 2023 04:00:24 +0000