Thai Hitman Sentenced to Life for Killing Cambodian Lawmaker

 

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A Thai hitman received a death sentence, later commuted to life imprisonment, for the January killing of former Cambodian opposition lawmaker Lim Kimya in Bangkok. Ekkalak Paenoi, a former Thai marine, was found guilty of premeditated murder and other weapon charges. The court also ordered Ekkalak to pay 1.79 million baht in compensation to the victim's family.

 

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Thai Man Found Chained to a Tree in Mysterious Death

 

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A man's body was discovered in an abandoned field in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, with a chain around his left ankle linking him to a tree. The deceased, identified as 55-year-old Supalerk, was located by a cattle herder who reported the situation to local police on October 2. The field, covered in tall grass and situated 20 to 30 meters from the roadside, became the scene of an ongoing investigation.

 

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