Sokhary Chau: 1st Cambodian American mayor in US takes office

 Independent

A refugee who survived the Khmer Rouge’s brutal regime has become the first Cambodian American mayor in the United States

A refugee who survived the Khmer Rouge’s brutal rule has become the first Cambodian American mayor in the United States.

Sokhary Chau, a city councilor in Lowell Massachusetts, was unanimously picked by his council peers to assume the legislative body’s top post on Monday. He also became the city’s first Asian American mayor.

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