Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen posted a wry message on his official Telegram channel on August 8, 2025. He said he had heard that day that a Thai university, whose name he did not even remember, had voted to revoke his degree.
Hun Sen responded: “You don’t need to revoke my degree. I threw it in the toilet back in 2008, when Thailand sent troops to invade Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Temple. Your degree has no value to me and isn’t worth keeping.”
The Senate president added: “There is nothing to be proud of in a piece of paper from your university. Hun Sen’s mind wasn’t shaped by your school. It was shaped by what the Cambodian people and Cambodian schools taught him.”
By: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
