Cambodia’s new leader may sound like a reformer in Australia next week, but little has changed back home
- Written by Gareth Evans, Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University
When Cambodia’s new prime minister, Hun Manet, visits Melbourne next week for the ASEAN Australia Summit, he may seem a welcome change from his long-serving authoritarian father Hun Sen. But hopes for a democratic and human rights renaissance in this genocide-ravaged and long-misgoverned country remain sadly misplaced.
Hun Sen, who had ruled...
