Suspected killer of former Cambodia lawmaker sent to Thailand

41-year-old Thai former marine confesses to shooting

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Ekalak Paenoi, a suspect in the assassination of a former politician with now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party Lim Kimya is escorted by police officers as he arrives in Bangkok on Jan. 11. © Reuters

BANGKOK (Reuters) -- A suspected hitman accused of killing a Cambodian former opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok was handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday from Cambodia, where he had been arrested after crossing the border.

Thai national Ekkalak Paenoi, 41, faces charges including premeditated murder in the Tuesday shooting death of Lim Kimya, 74, in the Thai capital.

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