Overview

• Ekkalak Paenoi, a Thai national, is charged with premeditated murder and previously confessed in a livestream to shooting 73-year-old former lawmaker Lim Kimya in January.
• Co-defendant Chakrit Buakhil is being tried for allegedly driving the gunman toward the Cambodian border and assisting others’ escape, according to the victim’s legal team.
• Outside court, widow Anne-Marie Lim urged authorities to identify who ordered the assassination and to explain the motive behind the attack.
• Thai police say they are pursuing Cambodian suspects, including alleged recruiter Ly Ratanakrasksmey and lookout Pich Kimsrin, while a suspected mastermind is believed to be in Cambodia.
• Cambodian opposition figures accuse former leader Hun Sen of involvement, a claim denied by Prime Minister Hun Manet, and the Thai court’s proceedings are scheduled to run until March.