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Hun Sen's Cambodia

Facebook now 'crucial' news source in run-up to Cambodia election

Hun Sen government extends media crackdown to social networks

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More and more Cambodians are shunning pro-government TV channels in favor of social networks as a source of news.   © Reuters
GEORGE WRIGHT and GEORGE STYLLIS, Contributing writers | Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos

PHNOM PENH -- The Cambodian government is taking no chances on being challenged at the polls this month, having extended its media crackdown to social networks.

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