Anger targeting Cambodia’s ruling party continued to mount on Jan. 9 as authorities in the northwest town of Battambang arrested an alleged hitman accused of assassinating an opposition politician with dual French-Khmer citizenship on the streets of Bangkok.
Lim Kimya, 73, a former member of the banned Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) with 12 years’ experience as a French bureaucrat before his 2014 election to parliament in Phnom Penh, was shot twice in the chest near the Khao San Road tourist hub and died on Jan. 7 evening.
His alleged hitman was identified as Ekkalak Pheanoi, 41, a former Thai naval marine, after his image was captured on CCTV footage which was widely distributed online. He fled on a motorbike, crossing the Thai border into Cambodia and was located in Battambang where he was arrested.
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