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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jintamas Saksornchai

The suspension of Thailand's prime minister over a leaked phone call stirs familiar turmoil

Thailand Politics Paetongtarn Shinawatra - (AP)

The Constitutional Court's suspension of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has raised questions about whether her family's political comeback last year would end with another downfall.

Paetongtarn was the third prime minister in her family, after her father, Thaksin Shinawatra, a telecom billionaire who has been one of Thailand's top political operators, and her aunt, Yingluck Shinawatra, who was the country's first female prime minister. Thaksin was ousted by a military coup in 2006 and Yingluck by a court ruling in 2014.

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