PHNOM PENH -- In 1997, the year he turned 45, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered a ruthless and brutal military strike against his coalition government partners.
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Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, attends an election campaign in Phnom Penh on July 21. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
PHNOM PENH -- In 1997, the year he turned 45, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered a ruthless and brutal military strike against his coalition government partners.