Bangkok Court Jails Man for Life Over Murder of Cambodian Opposition Figure

A Thai gunman has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok.

French national Lim Kimya, a former opposition parliamentarian in Cambodia, was shot dead on January 7th by Ekkalak Paenoi.

Ekkalak faced a potential death sentence in Thailand for premeditated murder, but a judge said that the Bangkok court reduced his sentence to life imprisonment since he confessed.

The Thai man was arrested in neighbouring Cambodia a day after the shooting and admitted to murdering a livestream video.