A close aide to Prime Minister Hun Sen and his eldest son have been promoted to the leading roles in the Cambodian military ahead of July’s general election, according to the Voice of America. The Unites States has imposed sanctions on the head of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit for serious human rights abuses, the ABC reports. General Hing Bun Hieng is the commander of the well-armed, paramilitary force devoted to Cambodia’s ruler of 33 years. Buth Buntenh, a Cambodian monk living in exile in the US, has called on Cambodians not to vote in national elections next month, saying that government moves against its political opposition have left voters in this Southeast Asian country with no real choice.