IN SEPTEMBER 2013, THOUSANDS OF OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS TOOK TO the streets of Phnom Penh to protest against what they believed to be a stolen election. Cambodia’s National Election Commission (NEC) had just reaffirmed longtime incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen as the winner of the July 28 parliamentary election. His Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) gained 68 out of 123 seats. Yet, what would be considered a comfortable super-majority in other countries was a slap in the face for Southeast Asia’s longest-serving head of government.