China's foreign minister visited Cambodia over the weekend to reaffirm his country's commitment to the southeast Asian country after its incumbent prime minister handed off the job to his son following a one-sided election last month, officials said.
Longtime Cambodian leader Hun Sen said Wednesday he will step down in three weeks as prime minister and hand the position to his oldest son, who won his first seat in Parliament in Sunday's election.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, who won reelection just last week, announced on Wednesday he would install his West Point-trained son next month as the country's leader and resign after monopolizing politics, jailing rivals and silencing free speech during his nearly four decades in power.
Unlike many of his authoritarian peers, the Cambodian prime minister says he's stepping down on his own terms and his own timetable this summer, having found a suitable successor his son.
An ex-con who was paroled in California was recently deported to Cambodia a country he left as an infant refugee while his family fled the Khmer Rouge.