Kim Kimya, 73, is renowned for remaining unmoved despite the banishment of some opposition colleagues.
PUBLISHED: 7 Jan 2025 at 21: 47
A bicyclist shot a previous Cambodian opposition MP dying on Tuesday night near Wat Bowonniwet Vihara in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon region.
Lim Kimya, 73, died at the picture. The Metropolitan Police Bureau’s agents have launched a hunt for the murderer.
A man was seen on surveillance video from the field carrying a reddish Honda Wave 100 bike with the license plate 845, long trousers, and a gray short-sleeved top with a bag across the front. A cannon is thought to have been hidden in the case.
The bereaved, who held Vietnamese and European nationality, had apparently travelled to Bangkok by vehicle from Siem Reap, Cambodia, with his French woman and Thai brother.
According to authorities, the shooting occurred immediately after they arrived at the scene. The culprit rode up on a bike, parked it and got off to take. He then rode away along Phra Sumen Road, passing in front of Wat Bowonniwet, authorities said.
Before the Supreme Court dissolution in November 2017, Lim Kimya was a part of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was the country’s main opposition group.
He was one of a few party MPs who remained behind in Cambodia after several people fled into captivity to prevent further persecution by then-prime secretary Hun Sen, despite having a French card and having the ability to simply own resettled.
” I will not give up politicians”, he told reporters at the time.