Cambodia's Hun Manet given wary welcome by West despite rights record

Hitting out at repression risks pushing country into 'China's orbit,' analysts say

JACK BROOK, Contributing writer

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's government has lauded new Prime Minister Hun Manet's trip to France last week for a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron. The visit came hot off Manet's appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where some media derided him as one of the "bad boys" among leaders gathered at the Swiss ski town.

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