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Bloodstains on the ground where a Cambodia n former opposition politician was shot dead in downtown Bangkok on Jan 7. - PHOTO: REUTERS
Wearing a white T-shirt under a bulletproof vest, Ekkalak Paenoi told police and media,"I confess that I did wrong", after being charged with premeditated murder and unauthorized gun ownership.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.
Sanong Sangmanee, police chief of the downtown area of Bangkok where the fatal shooting happened, told AFP that Ekkalak, who worked as a motorbike taxi driver, will be placed under pre-trial detention at a court in Bangkok on Monday.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.
He stepped down and handed power to his son Hun Manet in 2023, but is still seen as a major power in the kingdom.
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