While commenting the current political crisis in his successive messages from China and more recently North Korea, King Norodom Sihanouk has harshly criticized prime minister Hun Sen and his previous and current governments. The King's remarks were made in French only.
In his March 18 message (2nd text) and March 24 message (2nd text), the King depicted the current regime as the “Kafkaesque and grotesque Second Kingdom of Cambodia”.