Former Cambodian opposition MP shot dead in Bangkok: Thai media

Police guard the partitioned-off crime scene where former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya was shot dead, near Wat Bowonniwet Vihara in Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok on Tuesday (Jan 7, 2025) evening.

BANGKOK: A former Cambodian opposition MP and French citizen was shot dead by a gunman on a motorcycle in Bangkok on Tuesday (Jan 7), Thai media reported.

"Lim Kimya... died at the scene. Officers with the Metropolitan Police Bureau have launched a manhunt for the assassin," the Bangkok Post reported, adding that the deceased was a dual Cambodian-French national.