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Cambodia's almighty erstwhile person Hun Sen connected Monday (October 6, 2025) blasted a societal media video of a antheral shooting astatine his representation during a carnival successful Thailand, amid simmering tensions implicit the nations' disputed border.
Territorial tensions spiralled successful July into the deadliest subject clashes betwixt Cambodia and Thailand successful decades, sidesplitting much than 40 radical and forcing astir 3,00,000 to fly their homes.
The 2 countries agreed to a ceasefire aft 5 days of fighting, and person since repeatedly traded accusations of truce violations.
On Monday, Hun Sen, who led Cambodia for astir 4 decades until his lad took implicit arsenic premier curate successful 2023, lambasted a video helium said showed a "Thai nationalist [who] displayed my photograph to sprout astatine successful bid to triumph prizes".
In the video, which Hun Sen posted connected societal media alongside his statement, a antheral successful a khaki azygous is seen raising an aerial firearm and firing astatine a insubstantial people with the politician's portrait, wrong a carnival booth with hanging plushie prizes.
The erstwhile premier urged Cambodians not to respond successful kind, calling the carnival game, with "WANTED" written supra his picture, "disgraceful" and "immoral behavior".
"Please bash not instrumentality immoderate actions that would impact Thai companies oregon Thai citizens who are surviving and moving successful Cambodia," Hun Sen added.
"I inactive judge that the bulk of Thai radical bash not privation to beryllium enemies of the Cambodian people."
But helium besides called connected Cambodians who are "hurt by oregon unhappy with Thailand" to halt purchasing goods from the state and utilizing Thai currency.
Cambodia banned imports of Thai fruit, vegetables and substance earlier this year, portion its neighbour restricted borderline crossings, but Cambodian officials had not antecedently called for a boycott.
Thai media reported successful August connected a just successful Thailand's confederate Krabi state wherever patrons could sprout aerial guns astatine insubstantial targets with Hun Sen's portrait, akin to the ones successful the video shared by him connected Monday.
