He had just arrived in Bangkok with his wife on a bus from Cambodia. A police officer attempted to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. "He was courageous, with an independent mind,

Lim Kimya, a French-Khmer citizen and former member of parliament for the outlawed Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), was allegedly shot dead by a former Thai naval marine, named Ekkalak Pheanoi, 41, who was identified with CCTV footage.

A gunman shot dead Lim Kimya, 74, a former member of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday on a busy street near Wat Bowonniwet Vihara temple in Bangkok’s old quarter. He died at the scene.

The daylight killing of Lim Kimya, a member of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party, is a sign of the terrifying new reality facing Southeast Asia’s dissidents.

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.

Lim Kimya was shot dead on Tuesday by a gunman on a motorbike as he arrived in the Thai capital from the Cambodian city of Siem Reap by bus.