Cambodia’s Senate President Mocks at Thai Politicians and Activists

Phnom Penh (9 July 2025): Cambodian Senate President and Former Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday mocked at some Thai politicians and ideological activists on a survey result made by Thailand’s National Institute of Development Administration or NIDA indicating his popularity among the Thai people.

“I would like to offer an advice to politicians and certain ideological groups in Thailand! It is highly unusual and rare in the world for a country, while facing confrontation, to instead conduct a public opinion poll on the leader of another country, particularly one it regards as an adversary. This is both laughable and unreasonable. Yet Thailand has managed to do exactly that,” according to Hun Sen’s message posted on his Facebook page following with his photo in military uniform.

“The opinion poll organized by the NIDA Institute to gauge Thai public sentiment toward me, Hun Sen, reveals not just significant interest but a certain value placed on me. However, Thai citizens would do better to conduct opinion polls on their own leaders,” the message read.

NIDA) on Sunday released its survey results with Thai 1,310 respondents from aged 18 made between June 30 and July 2, 2025, on the popularity of Samdech Techo Hun Sen.

“Therefore, I wish to advise as follows: What I fear most is that the Thai people might love Hun Sen because that could make me appear as a traitor to my nation and my people. But what I most desire is for the enemy to evaluate Hun Sen at the lowest possible level because that would prove that I am truly doing the right thing for my country and my people,” the message continued. (Chhay Sophal)