Cambodian PM Hun Manet obliges foreign couple, shoots their photos

By Hoang Phong June 10, 2024 | 10:38 pm PT

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet shared a photo on social media of him taking photos of a foreign couple at a tourist spot at their request.

On Saturday he posted the photo on his Facebook page, which has 1.4 million followers, with the caption "Do you recognize this photographer?"

A photo shows Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet takes photos of a foreign couple at a tourist spot in Cambodia at their request. Photo courtesy of Hun Manets Facebook

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet takes photos of a foreign couple at a tourist spot in Cambodia at their request. Photo courtesy of Hun Manet's Facebook page

While visiting Cambodia, the couple had a "passer-by" take photos for them but then got a surprise as their photographer in his simple clothes was the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, according to Khmer Times.

The post had received 19,000 likes and 3,400 comments as of Tuesday.

Some netizens were delighted and expressed their interest in the photo, calling him an "excellent photographer."

"Yes, I know the photographer very well and that's the prime minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia," one wrote.

"The tourists are so lucky. We are so proud of you Mr Prime Minister," another said.

"This photographer is simple but extraordinary," a third commented.