Former Cambodian opposition MP shot dead in Bangkok

A politician was shot dead in Bangkok. Did another country do it?
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.
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