Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at Government House for a Cabinet meeting on Jul 1, 2025; and protesters are seen gathering at the Victory Monument in Bangkok to demand Paetongtarn’s resignation, on Jun 28, 2025. (Photos: AP, Reuters)
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01 Jul 2025 03:56PM (Updated: 01 Jul 2025 10:12PM)
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended by the country’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday (Jul 1), pending an ethics investigation over accusations she was too deferential to Cambodian ex-leader Hun Sen when the two discussed a recent border dispute in a phone call.
The leaked call with the veteran Cambodian politician triggered domestic outrage and has left Paetongtarn’s coalition with a razor-thin majority, with a key party abandoning the alliance and expected to soon seek a no-confidence vote.
She is the third member of her family to hold the prime minister’s office – and the third to face the possibility of removal before her term ended.
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