Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday announced that from now, he will stay away from Facebook, where he has 14 million followers, to use Telegram instead.

In comparison, Hun Sen’s Telegram channel currently has 862,281 subscribers. However, he said that the platform is more effective for communicating than Facebook.

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“Dear compatriots! By checking the use of social media Telegram effectively, it is better compared to Facebook. So from now on I will publish information, including live streaming, only on the Telegram channel which has more than 85,000 people subscribed.”

He added that the platform is easy for him to communicate with people as some countries that he has travelled to do not have Facebook. He said he will still keep his Facebook page.

“I still keep my Facebook [account] but I stopped using it so that you can get information from me via Telegram, YouTube, Instagram. I'm also creating a TikTok [account) for me to play and entertain with youth,” Hun Sen said.

The Rise of Messaging App Telegram in Cambodia

According to the World Population review, Telegram is a messaging app that holds the title of the most famous messaging app in Cambodia in 2023, with more than 10 million active users communicating with one another.

Hun Sen said he is also creating a TikTok account but discovered someone has already made one under his name.

He said that he is offering work to that person if the account, which has more 314,000 followers, is given to him.

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