PUBLISHED: 15 Jan 2025 at 09: 01
At the request of Thai police, the International Criminal Police Organization ( Interpol ) has issued a red notice for the arrest of 24-year-old Cambodian man Pich Kimsrin, who is accused of killing former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya.
The warrant, according to Pol Lt. Gen. Sayam Boonsom, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau ( MPB), will enable officers from both Interpol and the Cambodian National Police to track the suspect who is alleged to have used the spotter to conceal the gunman’s identity.
The MPB is presently looking into the monetary dealings of alleged gunman Ekkalak Phaenoi, who is currently being held in Bangkok Remand Prison. According to Pol Lt Gen Sayam, these documents are anticipated to reveal the identity of the architect.
Lim Kimya, 73, arrived in Bangkok by bus from Siem Reap territory, Cambodia, on Jan 7.
In the Phra Nakorn neighborhood, he was shot dead in front of his wife and brother.
Mr. Pich served as observer while Mr. Ekkalak is accused of carrying out the strike. They ran away from the scene right away.
Mr Ekkalak was arrested on Jan 8 in Battambang, Cambodia, and was brought into captivity on Monday, while Mr Pich remains at large.
According to MPB chief Pol Maj Gen Theeradej Thumsuthee, the authorities arrested another think, Chakrit Buakhli, in Chon Buri on Tuesday.
Mr Chakrit, 47, was reported to have helped Mr Ekkalak prepare the crime and aid his journey from fairness.
Following the shooting, Mr Chakrit drove Mr Ekkalak to Sa Keao, according to the CCTV camera film.
Additionally, four days before the event, investigators discovered records of a telephone conversation between the couple at 1.54 am on the day of the shooting.
Mr. Chakrit admitted a violence to which he had been partly charged with assisting in.
Pol Maj Gen Theeradej claims that Mr. Chakrit acknowledged that he was the guy in the CCTV images and that he had known Mr. Ekkalak for at least two years while he was a sea.
He claimed that he had never been aware of the violence and had been driving people through Chanthaburi’s Thai-Cambodian border gates at the time.