Neither episode generated much international reaction: Hun Sen still had enough political capital from his fight against the Khmer Rouge and his cooperative role in the peace process, while Sam Rainsy was regarded as deeply flawed, and the royalist leadership as feckless.
Ninguno de esos episodios provocó demasiadas reacciones internacionales: Hun Sen contaba aún con suficiente capital político resultante de su lucha contra los jemeres rojos y su papel cooperador en el proceso de paz, mientras que se consideraba profundamente deficiente a Sam Rainsy y apáticos a los dirigentes monárquicos.