Thai killer of Cambodia politician Lim Kimya sentenced to life in prison

Lim Kimya was shot dead in Bangkok in January, in what many believe was a political killing.

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In January, hours after Lim Kimya arrived in the Thai capital with his wife, he was shot dead in public by Thai national Ekkalak Paenoi. Ekkalak then fled to Cambodia, where he was arrested and deported.

Ekkalak had initially been handed the death penalty, but that was commuted to life imprisonment because of his confession to the killing, the court said on Friday.

The reason behind Lim Kimya's killing remains unclear - though it has been widely suspected to be a politically motivated assassination.

Opposition politicians and activists are often jailed and harassed in Cambodia, where authorities have little tolerance for political dissent.