Ballot is also seen as a showdown between the two major parties amid threats of civil war

Cambodians vote Sunday to elect more than 12,000 district officials, but the ballot is also seen as a showdown between the two major parties amid threats of civil war and a crackdown on political dissent in the lead-up to national elections slated for the middle of next year. Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People’s…

Phnom Penh (dpa) – Preliminary results from Cambodia’s commune elections Sunday show an 85-per-cent turnout – 20 per cent higher than in the last election. National Election Committee chairman Sik Bunhok, speaking at a press conference Sunday evening after polls closed, reported that 6,743,329 of the 7.8 million eligible voters took part in this year’s commune…