Ex-Thai marine arrested in brazen shooting of exiled Cambodian politician in Bangkok

Multiple Thai media outlets reported that a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire on Lim Kimya as he arrived in Thailand’s capital.

Police in Cambodia arrested a former Thai marine on Wednesday over the fatal shooting of a Cambodian opposition politician in a brazen attack in downtown Bangkok.

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Exiled Cambodian opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy accused the country’s powerful former leader Hun Sen of ordering the killing of Lim Kimya, who was also a French citizen.

Lim Kimya was shot dead on Tuesday by a gunman on a motorbike as he arrived in the Thai capital from the Cambodian city of Siem Reap by bus, accompanied by his French wife.

In full: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3293840/assassination-suspected-ex-cambodian-opposition-mp-shot-dead-bangkok

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