Prime Minister Hun Manet has mounted a spirited defense against accusations that his government and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) were behind the assassination of a rival politician in Bangkok earlier this month.
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While attending the inauguration of a new village, Hun Manet broke his silence on the death of Lim Kimya, a dual French-Khmer citizen and former member of parliament for the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), urging calm while Thai authorities carried out their investigations.
“No matter how clean we act, we’ll be accused. So, let Thailand handle it. If we don’t comply, even Thailand will criticize us,” he said, while criticizing Sam Rainsy, the leader in exile of the outlawed CNRP, for behaving like a “supreme court.”
In full: https://thediplomat.com/2025/01/cambodian-pm-says-government-not-behind-lim-kimyas-assassination/
