"Kem Ley was shot dead," Eng Hy, a spokesman for the National Military Police, told Reuters, but declined to provide further details. Photo: Reuters/Samrang PringA critic of the Cambodian government was shot dead in the capital on Sunday, at a time of rising political tension between Prime Minister Hun Sen and an opposition hoping to challenge his grip on power in elections as soon as next year. A 38-year old suspect has been arrested and admitted to killing Kem Ley in a dispute over money, Cambodia's Interior Ministry said in a statement. Kem Ley, 46, the head of a grassroots advocacy group, "Khmer for Khmer" was shot three times in a store at a gas station in Phnom Penh, police said. People comfort a relative of Kem Ley, anti-government figure and the head of a grassroots advocacy group, 'Khmer for Khmer' outside a gas station after he was shot dead in Phnom Penh July 10, 2016.

Source: Thanhnien News July 10, 2016 09:11 UTC