Phnom Penh, June 23 -- Cambodia has announced putiing a stop to all fuel imports from Thailand as relations between the two countries deteriorated in over a decade after a Cambodian soldier was killed last month in a disputed area of the border, local media reported.

Prime Minister Hun Manet, in a social media posting on Sunday, June 22, said that the measure would take effect at midnight. This comes amid his Thai counterpart, Paetongtarn Shinawatra's attempts to save her government from a political crisis triggered by a leaked phone call to Cambodian Senate leader Hun Sen.

"Starting from midnight tonight, all fuel and gas imports from Thailand will be halted," Cambodian leader Hun Manet said in a Facebook posting late on Sunday, as cit...