After his close call in the 2013 election Hun Sen accused the CNRP of treason, shutting it down and subjecting its members to legal and other forms of harassment. In 2023 Kem Sokha, who had already spent six years under house arrest, was sentenced to 27 years in prison.

Thai police are searching for a gunman who shot dead Cambodia 's former opposition leader at a popular tourist spot in Bangkok. Lim Kimya, 74, a former senior member of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, was killed near Khaosan Road on Tuesday evening, just hours after arriving in Thailand with his wife.

A gunman shot dead Lim Kimya, 74, a former member of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday on a busy street near Wat Bowonniwet Vihara temple in Bangkok’s old quarter. He died at the scene.