Cambodian MPs move to shore up election oversight

Cambodian lawmakers voted Wednesday to enshrine the independence of a key election body in the constitution, in a move to clean up polls routinely tainted by allegations of fraud.

The National Election Committee (NEC) endorsed the last polls in July 2013 which returned strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen to government and prompted months of political deadlock amid accusations of widespread ballot-rigging. …

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