{"asset":"news","key":"3583","locale":"en","id":"news:3583:en","entityId":"news:3583","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/3583","state":"ready","title":"Hun Sen orders frontline troops to exercise maximum restraint","summary":"Hun Sen urged maximum restraint on December 8, warning troops not to be provoked into retaliation that would undermine the ceasefire. He ordered continued civilian evacuations and said he was assisting the prime minister with military coordination, while encouraging Cambodian SEA Games athletes to compete normally.","body":"As Cambodian–Thai border tensions rose again, Cambodian Senate President and former prime minister Samdech Hun Sen posted on an official social platform on the morning of December 8. He stressed that, although frontline troops continued to face fire from various Thai weapons, Cambodia must exercise maximum restraint and not be lured into retaliating, avoiding what he described as a trap to undermine the ceasefire agreement. He said the provocations had continued from the previous night into that morning and were intended to force Cambodian troops to violate the Cambodian–Thai peace declaration.\n\nHun Sen said the red line had already been defined and commanders at all levels must repeatedly communicate the principles to every officer and soldier, ensuring that they upheld them firmly and were not swayed by provocations. He also instructed central and local authorities to continue evacuating and accommodating threatened border residents to protect their lives. Hun Sen said he had suspended other work to focus on assisting the prime minister in unified command of the armed forces, closely monitoring developments and preparing defensive deployments.\n\nHun Sen also apologised to domestic and foreign guests and representatives who could not meet him during this period, saying national security took priority. He encouraged Cambodian athletes taking part in the 33rd SEA Games in Thailand to continue competing at their normal pace and bring honour to the country through strong performances. He stressed that Cambodia would maintain restraint and pursue peaceful solutions to border disputes.\nKPS99TV compiled report.","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"17249","languageVersionId":"15468","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.x9Sbc_9axUK80DzAhSZIeR3xoqrqUF93o5C-YCDdklc"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"zh","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"172","authorText":"","sourceName":"KPS99TV"},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2025-12-08T06:18:23Z"}