Cambodia ex-PM Hun Sen calls for new law to punish 'terrorists'


PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's influential former leader Hun Sen on Tuesday (Jan 7) called for a new law to label anyone who attempts to topple his son's government as "terrorists", as the country marked the anniversary of the ousting of the Khmer Rouge.

The ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, installed a reign of terror in 1975 that left two million Cambodians dead from starvation, hard labour, torture and mass executions.

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