Lim Kimya was gunned down by a motorcyclist as he arrived in Bangkok by bus from Cambodia with his French wife.

The victim was Lim Kimya, a 73-year-old former parliamentarian from the main Cambodian opposition party, the CNRP, which was banned in 2017. He had been hit in the chest by two bullets, according to the Thai police. He had just arrived in Bangkok with his wife on a bus from Cambodia.

Cambodian police say they have apprehended a Thai man suspected of gunning down a former opposition politician from Cambodia in a popular Bangkok tourist area

The killing of a former Cambodian politician stoked safety fears that Thailand is no refuge for those fleeing autocracy.

On Jan. 7, 2025, the world learned with shock of the broad-daylight assassination of Lim Kimya in Bangkok.

French citizen Lim Ani spoke after a funeral held at a pagoda near Paris for government critic Lim Kimya. The widow of a former Cambodian opposition party lawmaker who was killed in a brazen street attack in Bangkok said she believes the shooting was “definitely political” and not the result of a personal dispute.

Cambodia Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Friday that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has the potential to help

Malaysia's Digital Minister, Gobind Singh Deo, emphasised that such efforts would enhance interoperability across Southeast Asia, benefitting ASEAN Member States by driving growth and competitiveness in the global digital landscape.

The Cambodian case comes as Thailand is already under scrutiny over the case of 48 Uyghurs, detained in Bangkok for almost a decade, amid reports Thailand is preparing to send them back to China, and the case of a Vietnamese activist who Hanoi wants to extradite and jail for terrorism.

As such, the human rights watchdog urged Malaysia to champion rights both at home and in the region as the country assumes the chairmanship of Asean this year. Malaysia took over the Asean chairmanship from Laos and had previously chaired the group in 1977, 1997, 2005 and 2015.

The Thai authorities accused an adviser to Hun Sen of hiring the gunman who killed a former Cambodian opposition figure in Bangkok last week.

Lim Kimya, 74, a former member of parliament for the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was gunned down in Bangkok on Jan. 7. The suspected gunman, Aekaluck Paenoi, a former Thai Marine, was arrested the day after in Cambodia’s Battambang province and was extradited to Thailand on Jan. 11.