“I left at 6am. I was determined to protest Hun Sen’s aggression over our disputed borders,” Thewa told police, as reported by the Taiger news website.
Thewa also hopped on a motor taxi towards the end of his journey and arrived at the Cambodian embassy on Pracha Uthit Road at about 11am. Once there, he laid the portrait on the pavement and doused it with the sauce.
Nam plaa raa, or Thai fermented fish sauce, is an essential seasoning in Thai cooking made by fermenting freshwater fish in salt and rice bran or flour for at least six months to bring about its distinctive taste and smell.
It was that smell which alerted the embassy’s security guards to Thewa’s actions and they quickly intervened to stop him and called the police, according to the Bangkok Post newspaper.
