Supporters of the Cambodia National Rescue Party gather during a local election campaign in Phnom Penh on Saturday. Hun Sen's main rival, opposition leader Kem Sokha, held a rally with tens of thousands of supporters in the capital, Phnom Penh. Kem Sokha, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, smiles during a local election campaign in Phnom Penh on Saturday. Opponents accuse Hun Sen of stepping up political attacks ahead of the elections -- stopping demonstrations, detaining activists and threatening journalists. Hun Sen has said that if his party doesn't win, there could be civil war in the country devastated by the Khmer Rouge genocide in the 1970s.

Source: Bangkok Post May 20, 2017 06:56 UTC