Thai police hunt hitman for shooting of Cambodian opposition figure
Al JazeeraBangkok police chief says initial investigation suggests a gunman was hired to carry out Tuesday’s shooting. The murder of Lim Kimya came as Cambodia’s former ruler Hun Sen demanded that anyone opposing the country’s regime, now headed by his son Hun Manet, should be marked as a “terrorist”. Former Prime Minister Hun Sen ruled Cambodia with an iron fist for 38 years, with rights groups accusing him of using the legal system to crush opposition to his rule. “Hun Sen’s hand can be seen behind the assassination of Lim Kimya, just as it has been behind the countless political crimes in Cambodia that have always gone unpunished,” Sam Rainsy said in a statement posted on his Facebook page. Cambodian government spokesman Pen Bona told AFP news agency the killing was in Thailand “so Thai authorities will handle the case”.
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