Cambodia had a coup.
The 1997 clashes in Cambodia , also referred to as the 1997 coup in Cambodia ( especially by critics of Hun Sen ) , took place in Cambodia in July and August 1997 . Cambodia . Following the Cambodian coup of 1970 , the deposed king gave his support to his former enemies , the Khmer Rouge . The 1997 coup placed power solely in the hands of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian People 's Party , who remain in power .