” Savage ACT”
Sam Rainsy, HunSen’s long-time enemy, accused the original Thai president of being behind the killing.
Sam Rainsy said in a speech posted on his Instagram page that” HunSen’s hands can be seen behind the assassination of Lim Kimya, just as it can be seen behind the many social crimes that have always gone unnoticed.
He alleged” the cause is the same, as is the tactic operandi”.
According to a spokesman for the Thai government, Pen Bona said the killing occurred in Thailand, so Thai authorities did take care of the situation.
He denied that the government was behind the shooting, claiming that opposition numbers “always accuse the government of all groundlessly and without any information.”
Following an election in 2013, when HunSen’s ruling party almost lost to its rival, the Cambodia National Rescue Party ( CNRP ), Lim Kimya was elected as an opposition member of Cambodia’s parliament.
The Cambodian People’s Party ( CPP ), which Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha founded in 2012 and was once regarded as the only viable alternative to the ruling party, was disbanded in 2017 by a court order.
Results of opposition politicians and Members, including Lim Kimya, were banned from social activities following the group’s breakdown.
The now-dissolved CNRP expressed shock over” the terrible and cruel” killing of Lim Kimya in a speech.
It criticized” the terrible act that severely threatens democratic freedom.”
Elaine Pearson, the Asia chairman of Human Rights Watch, urged Thailand to carry out a” complete independent research” into the shooting.
Any Thai political activists who believe that Bangkok is certainly a safe place are really stung by what has happened in the last 24 hours, she told AFP.
The European diplomats in Bangkok and Phnom Penh have so far declined to comment on the death.