Thai court suspends PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra over leaked phone call

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Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday (July 1) suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, adding to mounting pressure on a government under fire on multiple fronts.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/23sfw2sf  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Pei Thong Tharn

00:07Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal. The court said it had accepted

00:12a petition from 36 senators accusing Pei Thong Tharn of sedition over the leak of a politically

00:18sensitive telephone conversation with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen. The nation media

00:24group reported that the nine judges voted seven to two to suspend Pei Thong Tharn from

00:29her Prime Minister duties, but she could still function as Culture Minister in her new cabinet.

00:35The 38-year-old, who assumed office as Prime Minister in August last year, had nominated

00:41herself for the extra post of Culture Minister in the new cabinet shortly before the court decision.

00:47The government is expected to be led by a Deputy Prime Minister in a caretaker capacity.

00:52Thousands of protesters took to the streets over the weekend, demanding the resignation of Pei Thong

00:58Tharn. The leaked conversation on June 15 with Hun Sen triggered domestic outrage and has left

01:04Pei Thong Tharn's coalition with a razor-thin majority, with a key party abandoning the alliance.

01:11During the phone call intended to defuse escalating border tensions with Cambodia, Pei Thong Tharn

01:16kowtowed before Hun Sen and criticized a Thai army commander, a red line in a country where the military

01:23has significant clout. She has apologized and said her remarks were a negotiating tactic.

01:28Pei Thong Tharn

01:37Gad

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