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,

The daylight killing of Lim Kimya, a member of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party, is a sign of the terrifying new reality facing Southeast Asia’s dissidents.

A gunman shot dead Lim Kimya, 74, a former member of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday on a busy street near Wat Bowonniwet Vihara temple in Bangkok’s old quarter. He died at the scene.