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    At a California pro-democracy rally, Cambodians grapple with their country's political past and future

    by Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times Apr 08, 2024 5 minutes
    This Long Beach State University lecture hall is usually filled with business students.

    LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Phnom Penh is more than 14 hours by plane from Long Beach, yet Cambodian expatriates in and around this city still feel threatened by their native land's repressive government — and determined to push for change.

    More than 200 Cambodians gathered recently at Cal State Long Beach to celebrate the launch of the Khmer Movement for Democracy, led by the political exile Mu Sochua.

    "We believe that in Long Beach there are many Cambodian democrats," said Sochua, who once served as Cambodia's minister of Women's and Veteran's Affairs. "We need to bring the clear movement for democracy here and set the base so that we open up the space for our community in Long Beach."

    For decades, Cambodia has been dominated by the Cambodian People's Party, whose longtime leader, Hun Sen, and silenced Sochua and other critics of his regime with threats of violence. The country's Supreme

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