Ms Le's boss at Indochina Capital, Tung Kim Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American, reckons there is a bigger wave to come as older exiles return to spend their final years back in their homeland.

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Hun Sen needs to persuade Funcinpec exiles to return to debate legislation and to legitimize the election.

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Mr Turabi presumably believes that, though the exiles may return and re-establish their political parties, he will somehow remain in control.

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