Killer of former Cambodian MP handed over to Thai authorities

Officials in Cambodia handed over an ex-Thai marine’s fatal shooting of a former opposition MP to officials in Bangkok on Saturday.

Ekkalak Phaenoi, also known as” Sergeant Em,” was taken from a detention center in Phnom Penh at around 11 a.m. to the Khlong Luek borders station in the Sa Kaeo province’s Aranyaprathet district, where Thai authorities handed him over to their Thai counterparts.

Ekkalak, 41, fled across the borders after shooting Lim Kimya on Tuesday night. &nbsp, He was arrested in Battambang, Cambodia, on Wednesday night.

On Saturday, police investigators and associate federal police chief Pol Lt. Gen Somprasong Yentuam flew to Sa Kaeo by aircraft to pick up the think.

Officials from the Arintharat specific task force escorted the suspect to Chana Songkhram police place upon arrival.

The hunter responsible for the attack was detained on Wednesday in a crowded place close to Wat Bowonniwet Vihara in the Phra Nakhon district’s Criminal Court.

Lim Kimya, 73, had arrived in Bangkok really days previously after travelling by bus from Siem Reap, Cambodia. A waiting shooter fired three shots in front of his wife and brother before shooting him dead.