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Hun Sen Adviser Wanted in Thailand Over Lim Kimya Killing

Hun Sen Adviser Wanted in Thailand Over Lim Kimya Killing

Ms. Pearson said in the wake of the killing, Cambodians in Thailand have contacted her organization, fearing for their security. She said there was an urgent need for foreign governments to quickly resettle Cambodian refugees and exiles.

Before it was crushed, the Cambodia National Rescue Party posed the biggest threat to Mr. Hun Sen’s rule. Mr. Ly Rotanakraksmey, the fugitive, was an official of the C.N.R.P. in Thailand. But in 2022, he joined the C.P.P. and became an adviser to Mr. Hun Sen last January.

Separately, Thai news media reported that Interpol has sought the arrest of Pich Kimsrin, a 24-year-old Cambodian man whom Thai authorities have identified as the so-called spotter in the killing. Mr. Pich Kimsrin appears to be the younger brother of Pich Sros, a pro-government politician who is most well-known for filing the complaint that led to the dissolution of the C.N.R.P. in 2017, according to a family photograph and his birth certificate. Mr. Pich Kimsrin remains at large.

Mr. Pich Sros is a member of the government’s Supreme Consultative Council, giving him a rank equivalent to senior minister and government adviser, and is the founder of his own minor political party, the Cambodian Youth Party, which is aligned with the C.P.P. He declined to comment.

In May 2023, Mr. Pich Kimsrin was appointed as the deputy head of the Phsar Kandal market in Phnom Penh, reporting to Kieng Chak, another adviser to Mr. Hun Sen.

Muktita Suhartono contributed reporting from Bangkok, and Sun Narin contributed from Phnom Penh.

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