AKP Phnom Penh, July 09, 2025 --

Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, President of the Senate of Cambodia, said a recent public opinion poll conducted by a Thai institute reflects the Thai public’s interest in and value placed on him.

In a message posted on his social media platform this afternoon, Samdech Techo Hun Sen remarked that 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,” he added.

Samdech Techo Hun Sen said the poll, conducted by Thailand’s National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) to gauge Thai public sentiment toward him, reveals not just significant interest but a certain value placed on him. However, Thai citizens would do better to conduct opinion polls on their own leaders.

He further commented, “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.”

By C. Nika