6 Points from Cambodia to Thai Neighbour
Cambodia News
Phnom Penh (13 June 2025): Samdech Techo Hun Sen – Cambodia’s Senate President, President of the Ruling Cambodian People’s Party, and Former Prime Minister on Friday sends a strong message to the Thai side through his Facebook page. The message has been made after the Thai side had cut internet, electricity and close border by its own without telling the Cambodian side.
In it reaction, Cambodia ordered all Cambodian TV channels and cinemas to stop screening all Thai movies, including importing any while Kun Khmer (Khmer Boxing) Federation is also stopping to allow Thai boxing to compete with Kun Khmer fighter at any boxing ring.
The following is Samdech Techo Hun Sen’s message:
Last night I issued a message, and this morning, I address the Royal Government again in my capacity as leader of the ruling party.
In the event that the Thai side refuses to reopen the border checkpoints which they have unilaterally closed, Cambodia must take the following measures:
1. Announce the suspension of imports of Thai goods into the Cambodian market, which means halting the use of Thai products and replacing them with domestic goods or products from countries other than Thailand.
2. Prepare to purchase goods—mostly agricultural products—that Cambodian citizens used to export to Thailand, by actively seeking markets for them both domestically and internationally.
3. Redirect patients who previously sought medical treatment in Thailand to domestic hospitals or medical institutions in other countries.
4. Prepare to receive and manage employment opportunities for workers who will return from Thailand. Cambodia is currently facing a shortage of labor across tens of thousands of positions in the industrial, agricultural, and construction sectors. Cambodian workers may choose to return voluntarily before being deported by Thailand, where they are currently experiencing severe discrimination and contempt in certain areas.
5. All armed forces must remain on full alert 24 hours a day, ready to respond and defend in the event of aggression.
6. The provinces near the border must be prepared to evacuate residents to safer areas and ensure the supply of food, medicine, and other essential materials.
If Thailand does not resolve the reopening of border checkpoints and return to normalcy, we will have no choice but to implement all these measures.
I appeal to my fellow citizens not to commit extremist acts such as protesting against the Thai embassy, Thai companies, or Thai nationals in Cambodia, and not to harbor racial hatred toward Thai people, most of whom are decent individuals. Only extremist groups and some military factions are behind these issues with Cambodia, because as usual, the Thai government is unable to control its military the way our country can.