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Court suspends Thailand’s PM pending probe over leaked phone call

Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra walks through Government House after a cabinet meeting in Bangkok on July 1, 2025 [Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP]

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office pending an ethics investigation over a leaked phone call with a senior Cambodian official, heaping pressure on Thailand’s governing political dynasty.

The court said in a statement on Tuesday that it had accepted a petition from 36 senators, which accuses Paetongtarn of dishonesty and breaching ethical standards, in violation of the constitution, over a leaked telephone conversation with Cambodia’s influential former leader, Hun Sen.

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