Hun Sen, Cambodia’s former premier and father of the present prime minister, took to the social media platform X this week to vent his frustrations over allegations that the Chinese language navy will use the long-planned Funan Techo canal.
“Cambodia wants Chinese language troops for what?,” Hun Sen questioned in a six-point rebuttal to accusations, primarily from Vietnam and the U.S., that the brand new canal mission raises “safety considerations” which can be implicitly linked with the PLA.