Cambodia’s democracy died slowly after Kem Ley’s murder

A decade on, the opposition is crushed and the media silenced Prominent Cambodian political analyst Kem Ley smiles at an event in Phnom Penh in June 2016 to mark the 67th anniversary of the return of territory to Vietnam by the French government. He was assassinated just a few weeks later, sending shock waves through Southeast Asia. © AP Mu Sochua is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and former Cambodian politician now living in exile. She is the president of the Khmer Movement for Democracy.

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