He committed the crime to repay someone who helped him during a tough period in his life, police told AFP Sunday.
Ekkalak Paenoi, a suspect in the assassination of a former politician with now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party Lim Kimya, 74, is escorted by police officers as he arrives in Thailand following handing over from Cambodia to Thai authorities, in Bangkok, Thailand, January 11, 2025. - REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Lim Kimya, a former lawmaker for the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party , was gunned down on Tuesday by a motorcyclist as he arrived in Bangkok by bus from Cambodia with his French wife. “The shooter said he took this job to pay a debt of gratitude to someone who had helped him during a tough period after he was sacked from the navy,“ said Attaporn Wongsiripreeda, a senior police official in Bangkok.
Scores of Cambodian opposition activists have fled to Thailand in recent years to avoid alleged repression at home. Some were arrested and deported back to the country.
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