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Hun Manet, a son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, receives flowers from his supporters as he leads a procession to mark the end of an election campaign of Cambodian People's Party, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 21, 2023. Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday, Aug. 7, formally endorsed army chief Hun Manet to succeed his father and long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen as the nation's leader later this month after their party sealed victory in a one-sided election last month. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia’s king appoints army chief Hun Manet as successor to his father, long-ruling Hun Sen

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra welcomes his guests for the wedding of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn "Ing" Shinawatra at a hotel in Hong Kong on March 22, 2019. Thaksin attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to video posted online Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, a day after Thaksin said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-imposed exile. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader’s birthday party

By Sopheng Cheang and Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Hun Manet, a son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, shows a thumbs-up as he leads a procession to mark the end of an election campaign of Cambodian People's Party, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, July 21, 2023. Hun Sen says he is ready to hand the premiership to his oldest son, Hun Manet, who heads the country’s army. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will step down in 3 weeks, and his son will succeed him

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, also president of the Cambodian People's Party, delivers a speech during his party election campaign in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Saturday, July 1, 2023. Two senior members of Cambodia’s opposition Candlelight Party have been arrested for allegedly teaching voters how to cast a null ballot in this month's general election, becoming the first people to be arrested under the country's recently amended election law. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodia’s P.M. Hun Sen, in power for decades, cruising to another term in Sunday vote

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, shows a mobile device to Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., during the ASEAN - South Korea Summits (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, a devoted and very active user of Facebook, says he will no longer upload to the platform, and instead depend on the Telegram app for getting his message across. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

Cambodian leader Hun Sen, a huge Facebook fan, says he is jumping ship to Telegram

By Sopheng Cheang and Grant Peck - Associated Press

In this photo released by De Ratha/Cambodia National Assembly, Cambodian lawmaker raise their hands to approve amending the country’s election law at the National Assembly, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, June 23, 2023. Cambodian lawmakers on Friday unanimously approved amending the country's election law to ban anyone who fails to vote from running as a candidate in future elections, a move that critics say is aimed at crippling the opposition's chances at the polls. (De Ratha/Cambodia National Assembly via AP)

Cambodian lawmakers approve changes to election law that disqualify candidates who don’t vote

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

FILE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen claps during the 71st anniversary celebration of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) at its headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Cambodia’s long-serving leader says his government will amend the country’s election law to bar anyone who fails to vote from standing as a candidate in future elections, in what would be the latest marginalization of his political foes. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodian leader says people who don’t vote will be barred from being candidates in future elections

By Sopheng Cheang and Grant Peck - Associated Press

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on Dec. 13, 2022. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has hinted strongly that he intends to step down as the country’s long-serving top leader when a new government is installed after July’s general election. The 70-year-old Hun Sen has served 38 years as Cambodia’s top leader, and during the last election in 2018 had vowed to stay in office for two more terms, until 2028. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) **FILE**

Eyeing the exit, long-serving Cambodian leader keeps it all in the family

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Kok Ky/Cambodia's Government Cabinet, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center right, prays together with his minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeung Sackona, center left, in front of a sandstone statue at Peace Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, March 17, 2023. Centuries-old cultural artifacts that had been illegally smuggled out from Cambodia were welcomed home Friday at a celebration led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who offered thanks for their return and appealed for further efforts to retrieve such stolen treasures. (Kok Ky/Cambodia's Government Cabinet via AP)

Cambodia celebrates return of ‘priceless’ stolen artifacts

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

Son of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lt. Gen. Hun Manet delivers a speech while presiding over a military equipment delivery ceremony at the National Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Cambodia’s long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, explicitly declared his support to have his eldest son, army commander Hun Manet, eventually succeed him as the nation's leader. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Prime minister grooms West Point-educated son to take over in Cambodia

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Workers move boxes loaded with COVID-19's vaccine before a handing over ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. More than 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from Serum Institute of India on Tuesday arrived Phnom Penh, as part of global COVAX initiative. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen inoculated against COVID-19

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

First COVAX vaccines arrive in Cambodia from India

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Cambodia's Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, a son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, thumbs up as he receives a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at Calmette hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Cambodia began its inoculation campaign against the COVID-19 virus with vaccines donated from China, the country’s closest ally. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia begins vaccination campaign against COVID-19

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2012, file photo, activist Theary Seng poses with dart board posters during a protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Activist and lawyer Theary Seng, is one of dozens of people have been targeted by Cambodian government in its most severe legal offensive against its political opponents in three years. (AP Photo/Luke Hunt, File)

Cambodia readies treason trials against political dissidents

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, poses with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a photo prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Szijjarto tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Thailand for an official visit, Thai and Hungarian officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP)

Cambodia’s prime minister in quarantine after Hungarian meet

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Cambodian navy troop members stand on a navy boat at Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville, southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 26, 2019. Cambodia's government on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, officially denied suggestions that its demolition of a U.S.-funded facility at one of its naval bases is a signal that China will be granted basing privileges there, saying the work only involves planned infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

US expresses concern over China link to Cambodian base

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

A passenger, right, is hugged by Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen after she disembarked from the MS Westerdam, owned by Holland America Line, at the port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. Passengers finally disembarked on Friday from the cruise ship allowed to dock in Cambodia following two weeks of being stranded at sea after being refused entry by four Asian governments because of virus fears. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cruise stranded by virus fears ends with roses in Cambodia

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (right) visited China last week while officials in Beijing and Wuhan were reporting alarming increases in deaths and infections from the novel coronavirus. (Associated Press)

Hun Sen, Cambodia leader, shows no COVID-19 fear

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of a new virus from China in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Cambodia's leader has urged citizens to remain calm about the new virus from China, which has been confirmed in a single case of a visitor from Wuhan. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian leader blasts online misinformation about virus

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Kep Provincial Authority, emergency workers remove the body of a victim from a collapsed building in Kep province, southern Cambodia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. The seven-story building under construction collapsed Friday while around 20 workers were inside. (Kep Provincial Authority via AP)

Death toll surges as Cambodian building collapse search ends

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press