Thommo Reachea II

Thommo Reachea II (1602–1631), also known as Ponhea To (Khmer: ពញាតូ) or Cau Bana Tu, was the Cambodian king who reigned from 1628 to 1631.

According to Ly Vou Ong,[1] the last curator of the National Museum of Cambodia before the fall of Phnom Penh, Ponhea To was the eldest son of Chey Chettha II.

The reign of Thomma Reachea II is representative of an era of downfall of the Khmer monarchy, reaching a point where it was almost annihilated as the former Khmer empire was swallowed up by Annam to the East, Siam to the West and the Malay Chams from the South.

[3] Before he is shot, Preah Reach Samphea etches a poem on the palm leaf, telling people to not be fooled by their sexual desires like him.

He leaves a significant message to his people, indirectly apologising for his own shortcomings as king and as an honorable man.