Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
Ith Sarath, chief of joint staff at the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, at a military event on May 4.

Promotion of Officials’ Children in Government Defended

State officials defended the promotion of ruling-party scions in government, though they denied knowledge of a leaked letter appearing to show the military’s chief of staff seeking Phnom Penh and Siem Reap deputy governor positions for his son and a nephew.