Prime Minister Hun Sen and his wife, Bun Rany, dance during a ceremony to mark the Cambodian new year in Siem Reap on April 13. (AFP/Getty Images)Cambodia’s democracy has been in increasing trouble in recent months, with Prime Minister Hun Sen dissolving the main opposition party and cracking down on independent media. But the sanctions announcement goes beyond Hun Sen’s recent anti-democratic moves in Cambodia. Hun Sen’s government is likely to cite the sanctions as further evidence of U.S. bias against his government. The United States has become somewhat of a boogeyman, analysts say, as Hun Sen stokes anti-American sentiment in Cambodia ahead of elections there on July 29.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2018 18:37 UTC