Cambodian PM says Western sanctions would hurt opposition

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says if Western countries impose threatened economic sanctions on his country, it would cause the death of the country’s political opposition.
Hun Sen, speaking Monday at a road groundbreaking ceremony, was referring mostly to plans by the European Union to cancel an agreement giving imports from Cambodia preferential duty-free status.
The EU began the process of ending the agreement after last July’s general election