PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's influential former leader Hun Sen on Tuesday called for a new law to label anyone who attempts to topple his son's government as "terrorists," as the Southeast Asian country marked the anniversary of the ousting of the Khmer Rouge.

The ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, installed a reign of terror in 1975 that left 2 million Cambodians dead from starvation, hard labor, torture and mass executions.

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