Bystanders examine the body of political activist Kem Ley after he was fatally shot by a gunman by a CalTex service station in Phnom Penh this morning. Hong Menea
BREAKING: Political analyst Kem Ley shot dead; suspect arrested
Phnom Penh Post | 10 July 2016
Kem Ley, longtime political analyst
and organiser of the fledgling Grassroots Democracy Party, was shot dead this
morning outside a CalTex service station on the corner of Monivong and Mao Tse Tuong
Boulevards in Phnom Penh.
Lay was shot three times, according to a police officer who
spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the press.
“He was shot three times with a handgun. It was all from behind.
He shot him twice in the back and then a last shot [in the head] to finish
him,” he said.
National Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith confirmed the
slaying.
“Yes, the person who was shot dead is
Kem Ley,” Chantharith told the Post. “We don't know how many suspects
yet, but we arrested one and he is being questioned now. The suspect said the
motive of the killing was about [Ley] owing money. But we don't believe him
yet. We are still questioning him.”
“All the customers ran out,” one
attendant who was pumping gas at the time said. “At that time, it was quiet,
there were not many people. … We thought it was an explosion. There were people
inside shouting ‘robbery!’ But a woman came out crying and said it was not a
robbery, it was a murder. She was crying and she was shaking.”
Kem Ley's wife (right) and daughter (centre) stand outside the crime scene following Ley's fatal shooting this morning. Hong Menea
The attendant
added that Ley was a regular customer of the store and came each morning to
drink coffee and read the newspaper.
The alleged shooter, which Phnom Penh police
chief Choun Sovann
confirmed has been arrested, was initially seen fleeing on foot.
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