BANGKOK, Oct 3, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Thai gunman was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murder of a Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok, a judge said.

"The actions of the first defendant caused harm to the plaintiff," the Bangkok Criminal Court judge read from the verdict. "Since he confessed, the court reduced the sentence to life imprisonment."

French national Lim Kimya, a former opposition lawmaker in Cambodia, was shot dead on January 7 by Thai gunman Ekkalak Paenoi as the ex-MP arrived in Bangkok from Cambodia with his wife.