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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rebecca Ratcliffe, South-east Asia correspondent

Cambodia strongman Hun Sen set to claim landslide election victory after banning opposition

Officials prepare an information poster at a polling station in Phnom Penh.
Officials prepare an information poster at a polling station in Phnom Penh. Cambodian strongman Hun Sen has banned the main opposition from running in Sunday’s election. Photograph: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images

Cambodians have begun voting in a one-sided general election in which the country’s strongman leader will run virtually uncontested.

It’s expected that Hun Sen, 70, who has ruled the country for almost four decades, will claim a landslide victory in Sunday’s vote. The country’s main opposition party, the Candlelight Party, was banned from running after it was accused of not providing the right paperwork.

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