BBC summary of events surrounding the shooting of Kem Ley five years ago - for those who were not following Cambodian news at the time:
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Kem Ley: A shooting that shook Cambodia
By George Wright
BBC News
Published 17 hours ago

On 10 July 2016, Kem Ley, one of Cambodia's best known political commentators, was drinking his morning coffee at a petrol station cafe in the capital Phnom Penh when a man walked in and opened fire, killing him instantly.

The gunman - who gave his name as "Chuob Samlab" (Meet to Kill) - was arrested soon after when members of the public chased him down and beat him. Later identified as Oeuth Ang, he claimed that he had killed Kem Ley over an unpaid debt. Few believed him.

The murder sent shockwaves around the country, with many seeing Kem Ley's death as a return to the dark days of political assassinations in the Southeast Asian nation.

Cham Bunthet, who was a political analyst at the time, recalls a warning Kem Ley gave him just a week before his death, as Bunthet's young daughter slept on a table nearby.

"I remember he touched my shoulder and said: 'Brother, our lives are at stake here, it's risky. No matter what happens to us, make sure that our kids do not see our blood," Bunthet recalls. "Just a week later he was gone."
Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57580697

July 11, 2022
Kem Ley supporters gather on his 6th death anniversary
Soth Koemsoeun / Khmer Times
On the occasion of sixth death anniversary of prominent social commentator Kem Ley, scores gathered at the site where the political commentator was assassinated on July 10, 2016. Ley was shot dead, while having his morning coffee at a cafe in a gas station at Tonle Bassac commume in Chamkar Mon district.

More than 100 youth and civil society officials yesterday attended the wreath laying ceremony for the slain political commentator at the site, where they renewed demands to reopen an investigation into his murder.

Separately, his wife and sister organised prayer meetings in which several people paid tributes to the human rights activist who was murdered in broad daylight in Phnom Penh.

While Ley’s wife Bou Rachna, now living in Australia, organised a prayer meeting at the Cambodian Victoria Association in Australia, his sister Kem Thavy living in Takeo province organised a memorial event in Takeo province.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501110020/ ... niversary/