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Wireless News
07-27-2018, 04:53 PM
http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/nHQf.bCR2GSC6mQBApjXiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2018-07-27T060247Z_1_LYNXMPEE6Q0DO_RTROPTP_2_CAMBODIA-ELECTION-CAMPAIGNING-ENDS.JPG (https://www.yahoo.com/news/parties-campaign-final-day-cambodia-vote-pm-set-001148583.html)By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of supporters of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen rallied in Phnom Penh on the last day of campaigning for Sunday's general election, in which he faces almost no challenge to extending 33 years in power. The election will be Cambodia's sixth since it emerged from decades of war in 1993 and critics of Hun Sen brand the vote a sham after the elimination of the main opposition party and a crackdown on independent media and dissent. "I won't lead the party into defeat," Hun Sen told supporters on Friday, as they waved the blue flags of his ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP).



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