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Court suspends PM Paetongtarn

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives for a cabinet meeting at Government House on Tuesday morning. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

The Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending its consideration of the case against her involving a controversial phone conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.

The nine Constitutional Court judges resolved unanimously to accept the senators’ petition against Ms Paetongtarn continuing as premier for consideration and temporarily suspended her from office by seven votes to two. 

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