Cambodian PM Hun Manet assures all that his father and the govt not behind killing of former opposition leader

Prime Minister Hun Manet has forcefully denied that the government was involved in the assassination of Lim Kimya. -- Photo: Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH (Phno Penh Post/ANN): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has forcefully denied that the government was involved in the assassination of Lim Kimya, a former opposition party lawmaker who was fatally shot by a Thai gunman in Bangkok on January 7.

He emphasised that if the government had orchestrated the murder, they would not have apprehended the suspect and handed him over to Thai authorities.