“Rules and conventions have been destroyed by aggressors,” Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen wrote on social media on the evening of August 18. He was responding to Thai newspaper reports that he and Hun Manet would be arrested immediately if found in Thailand.
Hun Sen said Thai media had just reported that Thailand’s acting prime minister said the two Cambodian leaders would be arrested immediately if found in the country.
Hun Sen said that if the words were accurately reported, they showed the outgoing acting prime minister to be, in his view, uncivilised and unfamiliar with conventions and diplomacy.
He added that if Thailand could arrest Cambodian leaders, Cambodia could likewise arrest Thai leaders he accused of incursions and killing Cambodians.
“Rules and conventions have been destroyed by aggressors,” Hun Sen said. He asked whether the aim was to build trust and improve relations or to undermine them and revive the conflict after the ceasefire agreement.
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Television Station. Reporter: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត
