The Thai believe is thought to possess orchestrated the violence, and an arrest warrant was issued in Thailand on Tuesday.
” He is now on the run”, Sanong Sangmanee, police captain of the downtown area of Bangkok where the fatal shooting happened, told AFP on Wednesday.
According to a report from ThaiPBS, the Vietnamese, identified as Somwang Bamrungkit, 43, is accused of hiring anyone to murder someone and using an illegal weapon.
Hun Sen, the country’s eminently effective former leader, has been accused of ordering the shooting by Cambodian opposition figures, despite a government spokesman who has denied standard involvement.
A pilot was detained earlier this week by Thai police for allegedly helping the Thai shooter leave the scene.
However, the pilot claimed he was aware of the offense when he assisted the think, local media reported.
Some Thai press reports said Ekkalak was paid 60, 000 baht ( US$ 1, 700 ) for the killing, but police say he has claimed he did not receive payment, and took the job” to pay a bill of gratitude”.