It possessed all the characteristics of a professional, cold-blooded murder.
A security camera captures a man parking his motorcycle, taking off his helmet to reveal his face, and calmly crossing the street in front of a famous temple in Bangkok’s old royal area.
Shots are heard after a few minutes. One more man collapses to the floor.
The assassin appears to toss something as he makes his hasty way back to his motorcycle and leaves.
Lim Kimya, a 73-year-old former lawmaker from the CNRP, the biggest opposition party in Cambodia, which was outlawed in 2017, was the victim. The Thai police said that two bullets had struck him in the chest.