Thai gunman was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murder of a Cambodian opposition politician in Bangkok, a judge said. AdvertisementFrench national Lim Kimya, a former opposition lawmaker in Cambodia , was shot dead on January 7 by Ekkalak Paenoi as the ex-MP visited Bangkok with his wife. This week, Lim Kimya’s widow called for a full accounting of who was behind it. “The actions of the first defendant caused harm to the plaintiff,” the Bangkok Criminal Court judge said on Friday. “Since he confessed, the court reduced the sentence to life imprisonment.”Anne-Marie Lim, widow of former Cambodian opposition lawmaker Lim Kimya, holds a picture of her late husband as she arrives for the Criminal Court trial on Tuesday.