"A court in Thailand has sentenced a Thai gunman to life imprisonment for killing a Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok, a murder opposition figures have accused Phnom Penh's powerful former leader Hun Sen of ordering. French national Lim Kimya, a former opposition politician in Cambodia, was shot dead on January 7 by Ekkalak Paenoi, a former marine, as the ex-MP visited Bangkok with his wife and brother."
"The sentencing was issued three days after the trial began, with an examination of witnesses, including Lim. Anne-Marie is probably satisfied with today's verdict, but she is still questioning who ordered the crime, Bergman told reporters outside the court on Friday. She wants authorities to get to the bottom of it. We know the suspects are in Cambodia, and [the Thai government] could help push the extradition process to bring them to justice, Bergman added."
"The court had earlier handed Ekkalak a death sentence for premeditated murder, and also found him guilty of carrying a weapon and discharging a firearm in public, Nadthasiri Bergman, a lawyer for Lim Kimya's widow, Anne-Marie Lim, told the Reuters news agency. Ekkalak was also ordered to pay compensation of 1.79m baht ($55,162) to the victim's family. Since he confessed, the court reduced the sentence to life imprisonment."
A Thai court convicted Ekkalak Paenoi for the January 7 killing of French national and former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya in Bangkok. Ekkalak, a former marine, was arrested in Cambodia a day after the shooting and confessed in a livestreamed video. The court found him guilty of premeditated murder, carrying a weapon, and discharging a firearm in public, then reduced a prior death sentence to life imprisonment following his confession. The court ordered 1.79 million baht in compensation to the victim's family. Other Cambodian suspects have fled, and the victim's widow seeks clarification on who ordered the killing.
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