Hun Sen surpasses Rainsy in Facebook 'likes'

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Hun Sen surpasses Rainsy in Facebook 'likes'



PNOM PENH: -- The Cambodia Daily reported that Prime Minister Hun Sen is nearing the pinnacle of Cambodian social media popularity, having now passed opposition leader Sam Rain­sy in their heated race for “likes” on Facebook.

As of Tuesday evening, Hun Sen’s official Facebook page had accrued more than 2,108,800 “likes,” edging out Mr. Rainsy’s official page, which had about 2,094,800 “likes.”

Having gained nearly 370,000 “likes” over the course of the past month, Hun Sen’s page— created in 2013, but only acknowledged by the prime minister’s cabinet in September—is now the third-most popular in Cambodia, trailing only the VOA Khmer news service and pop star Meas Soksophea.

Since the official recognition of his page, the prime minister has been particularly active on the social media platform, regularly posting photographs of official meetings and personal outings—as well as warnings to those who offend him.

In the past week alone, he has posted photos of himself taking selfies with admirers, pushing a woman in a wheelchair, using a hose to water flowers and eating noodles with a street vendor.

Facebook users, when interviewed, around Phnom Penh largely attributed the success of the “Samdech Hun Sen, Cambodian Prime Minister” page to Hun Sen’s apparent common-man approach to social media—but had mixed takeaways from the premier’s campaign.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/149234


-- Thai PBS 2016-02-03

[robblok]

You can buy likes, seen many of my clients buy them so popularity on facebook is fake.

[canopus1969]

I cannot think of anything to 'like' about Hun Sen