PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s influential ex-premier Hun Sen today accused Thailand’s prime minister of insulting the Thai king, as tensions between the neighbouring countries intensified.
He said prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s comments about her military commander – who she labelled an “opponent” – in a leaked phone call with the veteran leader over a border dispute were “an insult to the king”.
“An insult to a regional commander is an insult to the Thai king because it is only the king who issued a royal decree to appoint him,” Hun Sen said in a livestream on his official Facebook page.