A suspected hitman accused of killing a Cambodian former opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok was handed over to Thai authorities on Jan 11 from Cambodia, where he had been arrested after crossing the border.

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - A suspected hitman accused of killing a Cambodian former opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok was handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday from Cambodia, where he had been arrested after crossing the border. Read full story

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BANGKOK - A suspected hitman accused of killing a Cambodian former opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok was handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday from Cambodia, where he had been arrested after crossing the border.

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PHNOM PENH, Jan 11 — Cambodian police said Saturday they had handed over to Thai authorities a man suspected of assassinating a former opposition politician in a brazen attack in downtown Bangkok. Lim Kimya, an ex-lawmaker for the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was gunned down on Tuesday by a motorcyclist as he arrived in Bangkok by bus from Cambodia with his French wife. Cambodian opposition figures have accused the country’s …

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Cambodian police announced today that they have handed over to Thai authorities the suspect who shot dead a former opposition politician in a brazen attack in central Bangkok.

Cảnh sát Campuchia hôm nay 11.1 thông báo đã giao nộp cho giới chức Thái Lan nghi phạm bắn chết một cựu chính trị gia đối lập trong một vụ tấn công trắng trợn ở trung tâm Bangkok.

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Cambodia hands over suspect in shooting of former opposition politician to Thailand

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A suspected hitman accused of killing a Cambodian former opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok was handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday from Cambodia, where he had been arrested after crossing the border. Thai national Ekkalak Paenoi, 41, faces charges including premeditated murder in the Tuesday shooting death of Lim Kimya, 74, in the Thai capital. “The suspect confessed to the crime and to being the perso…

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Ekkalak Paenoi confessed to the crime Saturday in a livestream video after being charged with premeditated murder and unauthorised gun ownership

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