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Article: Hun Sen favored, but security on voters' minds.(WORLD)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2003
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Byline: Richard S. Ehrlich, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodians who survived Pol Pot's "killing fields" and Prime Minister Hun Sen's tough regime, hope tomorrow's election will begin an era free of corruption and violence.
Hun Sen is widely expected to be re-elected, but no one is sure who will grab second place or whether a stable coalition can emerge without bloodshed after the votes are counted.
More than 20 parties are in the race to win seats in the 123-member National Assembly, which will create the new government.
"At least Hun Sen has organization, he has contacts with many, many people because he has been in ...