Since then, while preserving a democratic façade, Hun Sen has ruled, for all practical purposes, as an autocrat, showing scant regard for rights of free expression and association – and resorting to violent repression whenever he has deemed it necessary to preserve his and his party’s position.
自此以后，洪森一直披着民主的外衣行独裁之实，对言论和结社自由的权利置若罔闻，在认为需要捍卫自己和所在政党地位时亦不惜回归暴力镇压。