Everything in Cambodia- from schools to toilets- are named after Hun Sen

Re: Phnom Penh sports complex plans laid bare

Anonymous said... 

I heard that two schools were named after Hun Sen. One was named "Sala Hun Sen Kbal Chke" -Hun Sen Dog Head School- because the village where the school located was called Phum Kbal Chke (dog head village). Another one was called "Sala Hun Sen Derachhan"- Animal Hun Sen School- because the school was located in a village called Phum Derachhan (village of animals). This village was called Phum Derachhan because in 1925, the villagers killed a French tax collector named Bardez after they were upset with the burdens of high taxes. After that, the French colonial administrators named the village Phum Derachhan - village of animals.

The names of the schools have since been changed after Hun Sen complained and warned people who named those schools after him like that. However, the people who named those schools just wanted to please Hun Sen, but were oblivious to the fact that the names of the schools have insulted Hun Sen instead.

This is the risk that Hun Sen can expect and must be prepared to accept when he wanted everything named after himself. in Khmer we say "Domress Chiss Kor Aeng" - you try to outsmart someone, but instead you have outsmarted yourselves.