Across asia: Cambodia

Ruling party wins landslide

The Cambodian People's Party won an overwhelming victory in local elections at the weekend, maintaining its firm grip on power in the poor Southeast Asian nation, according to party projections announced yesterday.

Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party clinched control of more than 98 percent of Cambodia's communes in the country's second local elections held Sunday, said Khieu Kanharith, the party's spokesman.