U.S. announces punitive measures over concerns that Cambodia's elections were 'neither free nor fair' | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis : vimarsana.com

PHNOM PENH--Cambodia’s longtime ruling party on Monday lauded its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years. The United States said the party’s stifling of the opposition meant the vote could not be considered free or fair and that Washington was taking punitive measures.

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