During a speech in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Commander General Sao Sokha said that in order to maintain social order, he studied Adolf Hitler and became inspired by the rise of Germany under his rule.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen marked 30 years in his role on Wednesday, and has long ruled with an iron fist, Time reports. Human Rights Watch says that his regime is rife with "extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests, summary trials, censorship, bans on assembly and association, and a national network of spies and informers intended to frighten and intimidate the public into submission."
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