"Singapore refused to sell oil to Cambodia, telling Hun Sen to go back home," reads part of a Thai‑language X post published on June 26, 2025.
An attached graphic shows photos of Cambodia's influential former prime minister Hun Sen and former Singapore leader Lee Hsien Loong. Superimposed Thai-language text claims Singapore said the Cambodian leader lacks "diplomatic manners".
The post, which was shared more than 12,000 times, surfaced after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet announced the country would halt all fuel imports from Thailand as tensions escalated over an ongoing border row (archived link).
A longstanding territorial dispute between the neighbours boiled over into cross-border clashes in May, killing one Cambodian soldier.
The row has also gravely wounded Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was suspended by the Constitutional Court on July 1 pending an ethics probe over a leaked phone call with Hun Sen that saw her accused of appeasing Phnom Penh and undermining her own military (archived link).
The same claims was also shared in similar posts on Facebook and TikTok.
As of July 3, however, there have been no official reports of Singapore announcing it will cut off oil shipments to Cambodia.
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