Will Cambodia’s new leader be able to step out of his father’s shadow?

Hun Manet, left, son of outgoing Cambodia prime minister Hun Sen, plays with a supporter's child alongside his wife, Pich Chanmony, on the election trail in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Heng Sinith/AP

Hun Sen, Cambodia’s authoritarian leader who has ruled the country for almost four decades, has handed power to his son, Hun Manet, in a historic transfer of power

Under Hun Sen’s rule, opposition figures were jailed or forced to flee the country, and independent media shuttered. The question now is whether this generational shift will bring any change.