The suspected hit man who shot dead a former Cambodian opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok's crowded old quarter has fled the country, Thai police said on Wednesday. Former lawmaker Lim Kimya,

Police in Cambodia arrested a former Thai marine on Wednesday over the fatal shooting of a Cambodian opposition politician in a brazen attack in downtown Bangkok. "The gunman is a Thai national, and a former Thai marine,

Lim Kimya had arrived in Thai capital Bangkok along with his wife, uncle from Siem Reap, Cambodia's 2nd-largest city - Anadolu Ajansı

Multiple Thai media outlets reported that a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire on Lim Kimya as he arrived in Thailand’s capital.

Thai police say an arrest warrant has been issued for a man suspected of gunning down a former opposition politician from Cambodia in a popular Bangkok tourist area.

Lim Kimya, a former politician of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), died at the scene near Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Ratchaworawihan, a Buddhist temple near the tourist area of Khao San Road in Phra Nakhon district, The Bangkok Post reports.