US announces punitive measures

Election fever: Cambodians waiting onshore for ferries after voting in the general election in Arey Ksat city of Kandal. — AFP

THE country’s longtime ruling party lauded its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years.

The United States said the party’s stifling of the opposition meant the vote could not be considered free or fair and that Washington was taking punitive measures.