Cambodia’s former Prime Minister Hun Sen. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Territorial tensions spiralled in July into the deadliest navy clashes between Cambodia and Thailand in a long time, killing greater than 40 folks and forcing round 3,00,000 to flee their houses.
The two nations agreed to a ceasefire after 5 days of preventing, and have since repeatedly traded accusations of truce violations.
On Monday, Hun Sen, who led Cambodia for practically 4 a long time till his son took over as prime minister in 2023, lambasted a video he mentioned confirmed a “Thai national [who] displayed my photo to shoot at in order to win prizes”.
In the video, which Hun Sen posted on social media alongside his assertion, a person in a khaki uniform is seen elevating an air rifle and firing at a paper goal with the politician’s portrait, inside a carnival sales space with hanging plushie prizes.
The former premier urged Cambodians to not reply in sort, calling the carnival sport, with “WANTED” written above his image, “disgraceful” and “immoral behavior”.
“Please do not take any actions that would affect Thai companies or Thai citizens who are living and working in Cambodia,” Hun Sen added.
“I still believe that the majority of Thai people do not want to be enemies of the Cambodian people.”
But he additionally referred to as on Cambodians who’re “hurt by or unhappy with Thailand” to cease buying items from the nation and utilizing Thai forex.
Cambodia banned imports of Thai fruit, greens and gas earlier this yr, whereas its neighbour restricted border crossings, however Cambodian officers had not beforehand referred to as for a boycott.
Thai media reported in August on a good in Thailand’s southern Krabi province the place patrons may shoot air weapons at paper targets with Hun Sen’s portrait, just like those within the video shared by him on Monday.
Published – October 06, 2025 09:53 pm IST
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