Police took Ekkalak Phaenoi, who is accused of assassinating a Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok, to the Criminal Court on Monday and applied to extend his detention.

A suspected hitman accused of killing a Cambodian former opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok was handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday from Cambodia, where he had been arrested after crossing the border.

Cambodian police said Saturday they had handed over to Thai authorities a man suspected of assasinating a former opposition politician in a brazen attack in downtown Bangkok.

Ekkalak Paenoi confessed to the crime Saturday in a livestream video after being charged with premeditated murder and unauthorised gun ownership

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.

Thai national Ekkalak Paenoi faces charges including premeditated murder in the death of Lim Kimya in Bangkok.

Thai authorities should immediately and thoroughly investigate the killing of a former Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok.

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,