Ekkalak Paenoi confessed to the crime Saturday in a livestream video after being charged with premeditated murder and unauthorised gun ownership.
Cambodian opposition figures have accused the country’s powerful former leader Hun Sen of ordering the shooting, although a government spokesman has denied official involvement.
“The shooter said he took this job to pay a debt of gratitude to someone who had helped him during a tough period after he was sacked from the navy,“ said Attaporn Wongsiripreeda, a senior police official in Bangkok.
Attaporn refused to elaborate when asked by AFP.
At a court hearing on Monday, police will seek to place Ekkalak -- who worked as a motorbike taxi driver -- in pre-trial detention.
Hun Sen ruled Cambodia with an iron fist for nearly four decades, with rights groups accusing him of using the legal system to crush opposition to his rule.
On Tuesday, Hun Sen called for a new law to label anyone who attempts to topple Hun Manet’s government as “terrorists”.
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